diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-amazons3-ceph.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-amazons3-ceph.sh
index 20fa7e7bb2..d36980fdd1 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-amazons3-ceph.sh
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-amazons3-ceph.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ if [ -z "$thisFolder" ]; then
     thisFolder="."
 fi;
 
+# create readiness notification socket
+notify_sock=$(readlink -f "$thisFolder"/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.amazons3.sock)
+mkfifo "$notify_sock"
+
 user=test
 accesskey=aaabbbccc
 secretkey=cccbbbaaa
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ port=80
 
 container=`docker run -d \
     -e RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT=$port \
+    -v "$notify_sock":/run/notifyme.sock \
     ${docker_image}`
 
 host=`docker inspect --format="{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}" $container`
@@ -50,7 +55,8 @@ echo "${docker_image} container: $container"
 echo $container >> $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.amazons3
 
 echo -n "Waiting for ceph initialization"
-if ! "$thisFolder"/env/wait-for-connection ${host} ${port} 60; then
+ready=$(timeout 60 cat "$notify_sock")
+if [[ $ready != 'READY=1' ]]; then
     echo "[ERROR] Waited 60 seconds, no response" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
index 123f6b6871..357512ae4d 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ if [ -z "$thisFolder" ]; then
     thisFolder="."
 fi;
 
+# create readiness notification socket
+notify_sock=$(readlink -f "$thisFolder"/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.swift.sock)
+mkfifo "$notify_sock"
+
 port=5001
 
 user=test
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ container=`docker run -d \
     -e KEYSTONE_SERVICE=${service} \
     -e OSD_SIZE=300 \
     --privileged \
+    -v "$notify_sock":/run/notifyme.sock \
     ${docker_image}`
 
 host=`docker inspect --format="{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}" $container`
@@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ echo "${docker_image} container: $container"
 echo $container >> $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.swift
 
 echo -n "Waiting for ceph initialization"
-if ! "$thisFolder"/env/wait-for-connection ${host} 80 600; then
+ready=$(timeout 600 cat "$notify_sock")
+if [[ $ready != 'READY=1' ]]; then
     echo "[ERROR] Waited 600 seconds, no response" >&2
     docker logs $container
     exit 1
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-amazons3-ceph.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-amazons3-ceph.sh
index 3f56a6f1e5..dcf30d8c51 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-amazons3-ceph.sh
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-amazons3-ceph.sh
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ done;
 # cleanup
 rm $thisFolder/config.amazons3.php
 rm $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.amazons3
+rm $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.amazons3.sock
 
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-swift-ceph.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-swift-ceph.sh
index b1cbe94b48..9f15fb05a7 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-swift-ceph.sh
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/stop-swift-ceph.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ done;
 # cleanup
 rm $thisFolder/config.swift.php
 rm $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.swift
+rm $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.swift.sock