diff --git a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
index 0e6e704de..7cc3bea62 100644
--- a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func WaitForAllocNotPending(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, allocID strin
 			return false, err
 		}
 
-		return alloc.ClientStatus != structs.AllocClientStatusPending, fmt.Errorf("expected status running, but was: %s", alloc.ClientStatus)
+		return alloc.ClientStatus != structs.AllocClientStatusPending, fmt.Errorf("expected status not pending, but was: %s", alloc.ClientStatus)
 	}, func(err error) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to wait on alloc: %v", err)
 	})
diff --git a/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job0.nomad b/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job0.nomad
index 6c881e096..3697aa2c4 100644
--- a/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job0.nomad
+++ b/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job0.nomad
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-job "redis" {
+job "system_job" {
   datacenters = ["dc1"]
 
   type = "system"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ job "redis" {
     value     = "linux"
   }
 
-  group "cache" {
+  group "system_job_group" {
     count = 1
 
     restart {
@@ -32,22 +32,6 @@ job "redis" {
       env {
         version = "1"
       }
-
-      logs {
-        max_files     = 1
-        max_file_size = 9
-      }
-
-      resources {
-        cpu = 20 # 500 MHz    
-
-        memory = 40 # 256MB
-
-        network {
-          mbits = 1
-          port  "db"  {}
-        }
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job1.nomad b/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job1.nomad
index aae1729c6..ab53e5ff4 100644
--- a/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job1.nomad
+++ b/e2e/systemsched/input/system_job1.nomad
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-job "redis" {
+job "system_job" {
   datacenters = ["dc1"]
 
   type = "system"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ job "redis" {
     value     = "linux"
   }
 
-  group "cache" {
+  group "system_job_group" {
     count = 1
 
     restart {
@@ -32,22 +32,6 @@ job "redis" {
       env {
         version = "2"
       }
-
-      logs {
-        max_files     = 1
-        max_file_size = 9
-      }
-
-      resources {
-        cpu = 20 # 500 MHz    
-
-        memory = 40 # 256MB
-
-        network {
-          mbits = 1
-          port  "db"  {}
-        }
-      }
     }
   }
 }