diff --git a/integration/hsic/hsic.go b/integration/hsic/hsic.go
index 846813d7..8feac47e 100644
--- a/integration/hsic/hsic.go
+++ b/integration/hsic/hsic.go
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ func (t *HeadscaleInContainer) Shutdown() error {
 func (t *HeadscaleInContainer) Execute(
 	command []string,
 ) (string, error) {
-	log.Println("command", command)
-	log.Printf("running command for %s\n", t.hostname)
 	stdout, stderr, err := dockertestutil.ExecuteCommand(
 		t.container,
 		command,
@@ -213,11 +211,11 @@ func (t *HeadscaleInContainer) Execute(
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("command stderr: %s\n", stderr)
 
-		return "", err
-	}
+		if stdout != "" {
+			log.Printf("command stdout: %s\n", stdout)
+		}
 
-	if stdout != "" {
-		log.Printf("command stdout: %s\n", stdout)
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	return stdout, nil
diff --git a/integration/tsic/tsic.go b/integration/tsic/tsic.go
index 16e6868f..d79f7ba6 100644
--- a/integration/tsic/tsic.go
+++ b/integration/tsic/tsic.go
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ func (t *TailscaleInContainer) Version() string {
 func (t *TailscaleInContainer) Execute(
 	command []string,
 ) (string, string, error) {
-	log.Println("command", command)
-	log.Printf("running command for %s\n", t.hostname)
 	stdout, stderr, err := dockertestutil.ExecuteCommand(
 		t.container,
 		command,