diff --git a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/custom_operation.robot b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/custom_operation.robot
index b294b9abf3..f08bed5eb5 100644
--- a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/custom_operation.robot
+++ b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/custom_operation.robot
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ Custom Setup
 
 Copy Configuration Files
     ThinEdgeIO.Transfer To Device    ${CURDIR}/software_list.toml       /etc/tedge/operations/
-    ThinEdgeIO.Transfer To Device    ${CURDIR}/init-software-list.sh    /etc/tedge/operations/
     ThinEdgeIO.Transfer To Device    ${CURDIR}/custom-download.toml     /etc/tedge/operations/
     ThinEdgeIO.Transfer To Device    ${CURDIR}/schedule-download.sh     /etc/tedge/operations/
     ThinEdgeIO.Transfer To Device    ${CURDIR}/launch-download.sh       /etc/tedge/operations/
diff --git a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/init-software-list.sh b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/init-software-list.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6a2c754dcd..0000000000
--- a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/init-software-list.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-echo new software list request topic = "$1" >>/tmp/operations.log
-
-echo ':::begin-tedge:::'
-echo '{ "status":"scheduled" }'
-echo ':::end-tedge:::'
diff --git a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/software_list.toml b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/software_list.toml
index 6eeba5303d..322bfd891c 100644
--- a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/software_list.toml
+++ b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/tedge_agent/workflows/software_list.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 operation = "software_list"                            # A built in operation can be overridden 
 
 [init]
-script = "/etc/tedge/operations/init-software-list.sh ${.topic}" # The json output of the script is used for the next step
+script = "/etc/tedge/operations/echo-as-json.sh status scheduled
 on_stdout = ["scheduled"]
 
 [scheduled]