diff --git a/wally-pipelined/regression/regression-wally.py b/wally-pipelined/regression/regression-wally.py
index fcd6d4be1..b1ded5e7a 100755
--- a/wally-pipelined/regression/regression-wally.py
+++ b/wally-pipelined/regression/regression-wally.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ configs = [
     TestCase(
         name="busybear",
         cmd="vsim -do wally-busybear-batch.do -c > {}",
-        grepstr="# loaded 100000 instructions"
+        grepstr="loaded 100000 instructions"
     ),
     TestCase(
         name="buildroot",
         cmd="vsim -do wally-buildroot-batch.do -c > {}",
-        grepstr="# loaded 2500000 instructions"
+        grepstr="loaded 2500000 instructions"
     ),
     TestCase(
         name="rv32ic",