diff --git a/internal/cloud/e2e/backend_apply_before_init_test.go b/internal/cloud/e2e/backend_apply_before_init_test.go
index 213a48f0f..702b79bbc 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/e2e/backend_apply_before_init_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/e2e/backend_apply_before_init_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Test_backend_apply_before_init(t *testing.T) {
 					commands: []tfCommand{
 						{
 							command:           []string{"apply"},
-							expectedCmdOutput: `Terraform Cloud has been configured but needs to be initialized`,
+							expectedCmdOutput: `Terraform Cloud initialization required, please run "terraform init"`,
 							expectError:       true,
 						},
 					},
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func Test_backend_apply_before_init(t *testing.T) {
 					commands: []tfCommand{
 						{
 							command:           []string{"apply"},
-							expectedCmdOutput: `Terraform Cloud has been configured but needs to be initialized`,
+							expectedCmdOutput: `Terraform Cloud initialization required, please run "terraform init"`,
 							expectError:       true,
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/internal/cloud/e2e/migrate_state_tfc_to_tfc_test.go b/internal/cloud/e2e/migrate_state_tfc_to_tfc_test.go
index 3c48e6f3d..6d086de5b 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/e2e/migrate_state_tfc_to_tfc_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/e2e/migrate_state_tfc_to_tfc_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -209,10 +208,6 @@ func Test_migrate_tfc_to_tfc_single_workspace(t *testing.T) {
 							expectedCmdOutput: `The Terraform Cloud configuration only allows named workspaces!`,
 							expectError:       true,
 							userInput:         []string{"new-workspace", "yes"},
-							postInputOutput: []string{
-								// this is a temporary measure till we resolve some of the
-								// version mismatching.
-								fmt.Sprintf(`Remote workspace Terraform version "%s" does not match local Terraform version`, tfversion.String())},
 						},
 					},
 				},