diff --git a/samples/subsys/ipc/ipm_mailbox/sample.tc b/samples/subsys/ipc/ipm_mailbox/sample.tc
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-# @testcase dynamic defaults=none
-# @targets bsp_models:x86\+arc
-#
-# @build [ bsp == "x86" ] \
-#   make -j -C %(srcdir)s/ipm_demo_lmt CONFIG_KERNEL_BIN_NAME=zephyr \
-#       BOARD=%(board)s  O=outdir-%(tchash)s-%(bsp_model)s-%(board)s
-# @build [ bsp == "arc" ] \
-#   make -j -C %(srcdir)s/ipm_demo_arc CONFIG_KERNEL_BIN_NAME=zephyr \
-#       BOARD=%(board)s  O=outdir-%(tchash)s-%(bsp_model)s-%(board)s
-#
-# @clean rm -rf %(srcdir)s/ipm_demo_*/outdir-%(tchash)s-%(bsp_model)s-*
-#
-# @images [ bsp == "x86" ] \
-#   kernel-%(bsp)s:%(srcdir)s/ipm_demo_lmt/outdir-%(tchash)s-%(bsp_model)s-%(board)s/%(kernelname)s
-#
-# @images [ bsp == "arc" ] \
-#   kernel-%(bsp)s:%(srcdir)s/ipm_demo_arc/outdir-%(tchash)s-%(bsp_model)s-%(board)s/%(kernelname)s
-#
-#
-# Maybe we should switch to: Arduino has a hard time recovering some
-# times, so we power cycle it instead of resetting
-# @eval [ target == "arduino101" ] target-power-cycle one-shot wait=5
-# @eval [ target != "arduino101" ] target-reset       one-shot
-#
-# ^eval [ bsp == 'arc' ] console-rx ::fail "unexpected data payload"
-# ^eval [ bsp == 'arc' ] console-rx ::fail "expected [0-9]+ got [0-9]+"
-# @eval [ bsp == 'arc' ] console-rx :15 counters: [0-9]+ [0-9]+ [0-9]+
-# @eval [ bsp == 'arc' ] console-rx :15 Hello from ARC
-
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 Hello from lakemont!
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 === app started ===
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 pinging arc for counter status
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 ARC (is (halted|sleeping|running)|status:)
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 mailbox status: [0-9a-f]+ mask [0-9a-f]+
-# @eval [ bsp == 'x86' ] console-rx :15 sending messages for IPM device
diff --git a/samples/synchronization/sample.tc b/samples/synchronization/sample.tc
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-# @testcase dynamic
-
-# @targets \
-#    board:(?!arduino_101_sss) \
-#    board:(?!minnowboard) \
-#    board:(?!quark_d2000_crb) \
-#    board:(?!quark_se_c1000_ss_devboard) \
-#
-# @eval console-rx %(console)s:10 threadA: Hello World from %(bsp)s!
-# @eval console-rx %(console)s:10 threadB: Hello World from %(bsp)s!