diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client500.txt b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client500.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e7426736ddea4656b40010bea8c06c93843d632..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client500.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-New channel generated
-Received 0/0 messages
-Received 0/0 messages
-Received 3/3 messages
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 500
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 501
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 502
-Successfully joined channel ChannelName
-Successfully left channel ChannelName
diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client501.txt b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client501.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e19513499701a47d4bd38b80acb908d6248ff08..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client501.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Received 0/0 messages
-Received 3/3 messages
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 500
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 501
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 502
-Successfully joined channel ChannelName
-Successfully left channel ChannelName
diff --git a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client502.txt b/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client502.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e19513499701a47d4bd38b80acb908d6248ff08..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/basice2e/clients.goldoutput/client502.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Received 0/0 messages
-Received 3/3 messages
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 500
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 501
-Received from ChannelName this message: Hello, channel, this is 502
-Successfully joined channel ChannelName
-Successfully left channel ChannelName
diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index fdc7e30c1b362e342eb8579f15aaa63f1f5b3fef..cafac88d34c9e1a2a4b1af4953b3a8ca5c4c2a6f 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -1243,63 +1243,6 @@ wait $PIDVAL2
 wait $PIDVAL1
 echo "Non-Ephemeral Test Complete."
 
-###############################################################################
-# Test Channels
-###############################################################################
-
-echo "TESTING CHANNELS..."
-
-# Initialize creator of channel (will use default channel file path in CLI)
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob500 $CLIENTOPTS -l $CLIENTOUT/client500.log --receiveCount 0 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan  --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.id --newChannel"
-eval $CLIENTCMD > $CLIENTOUT/client500.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-
-wait $PIDVAL
-
-# Have client which created channel send message to channel
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob500 -l $CLIENTOUT/client500.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 3 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.id --sendToChannel --message \"Hello, channel, this is 500\""
-eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client500.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL1=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL1"
-
-# Initialize client which will join channel (will use default channel file path in CLI)
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob501 -l $CLIENTOUT/client501.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 3 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel501.id --joinChannel --sendToChannel --message \"Hello, channel, this is 501\""
-eval $CLIENTCMD > $CLIENTOUT/client501.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL2=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL2"
-
-# Initialize another client which will join channel (will use default channel file path in CLI)
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 420s ../bin/client channels -s blob502 -l $CLIENTOUT/client502.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 3 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel502.id --joinChannel --sendToChannel --message \"Hello, channel, this is 502\""
-eval $CLIENTCMD > $CLIENTOUT/client502.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL3=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL3"
-
-wait $PIDVAL1
-wait $PIDVAL2
-wait $PIDVAL3
-
-# All clients will leave the channel
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob500 -l $CLIENTOUT/client500.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 0 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan  --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.id --leaveChannel"
-eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client500.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL1=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL1"
-
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob501 -l $CLIENTOUT/client501.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 0 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan  --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel501.id --leaveChannel"
-eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client501.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL2=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL2"
-
-# Initialize another client which will join channel (will use default channel file path in CLI)
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 300s ../bin/client channels -s blob502 -l $CLIENTOUT/client502.log $CLIENTOPTS --receiveCount 0 --channelPath $CLIENTOUT/channel500.chan  --channelIdentityPath $CLIENTOUT/channel502.id --leaveChannel"
-eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client502.txt 2>&1 &
-PIDVAL3=$!
-echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL3"
-sleep 20
-wait $PIDVAL3
-wait $PIDVAL2
-wait $PIDVAL1
-
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Test Ephemeral Registration (e2e test without registering with nodes)