diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/homedirs.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/homedirs.test
index 3b4d0984387f79526212c9e33b5ca97878afbdf0..371a7e0e35108850f2e7ccdd713f886167a982fa 100755
--- a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/homedirs.test
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/homedirs.test
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ do
 done
 
 # lofarsys needs a homedir in /localhome
-LOFARSYS_HOMEDIR=`bash -c "readlink -f ~lofarsys"`
-[ $LOFARSYS_HOMEDIR == "/localhome/lofarsys" ] || exit 1
+# see localhome.test in this test dir
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/localhome.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/localhome.test
index 5012c331a59c671eba875a0a7bca1fa83116d0f6..5aaeee7e4a4e3bb68e5726b99d6ca1f485bd99d7 100755
--- a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/localhome.test
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/system/users/localhome.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ve
 
-for DIR in lofarbuild lofarsystem lofar
+for DIR in lofarbuild lofarsys
 do
   [ -d /localhome/$DIR ] || exit 1
 done