diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index bb5444e276..9941c30f14 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ function ssh-to-node {
   local cmd="$2"
   # Loop until we can successfully ssh into the box
   for try in $(seq 1 5); do
-    if gcloud compute ssh --ssh-flag="-o LogLevel=quiet" --project "${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${node}" --command "echo test"; then
+    if gcloud compute ssh --ssh-flag="-o LogLevel=quiet" --project "${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${node}" --command "echo test > /dev/null"; then
       break
     fi
     sleep 5
diff --git a/cluster/gke/util.sh b/cluster/gke/util.sh
index 754e5fe27a..c688ca7d78 100755
--- a/cluster/gke/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/util.sh
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function ssh-to-node() {
   local cmd="$2"
   # Loop until we can successfully ssh into the box
   for try in $(seq 1 5); do
-    if gcloud compute ssh --ssh-flag="-o LogLevel=quiet" --project "${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${node}" --command "echo test"; then
+    if gcloud compute ssh --ssh-flag="-o LogLevel=quiet" --project "${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${node}" --command "echo test > /dev/null"; then
       break
     fi
     sleep 5