diff --git a/src/TesApi.Web/BatchScheduler.cs b/src/TesApi.Web/BatchScheduler.cs
index 2e8aa5b1e..799d0e03b 100644
--- a/src/TesApi.Web/BatchScheduler.cs
+++ b/src/TesApi.Web/BatchScheduler.cs
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ private async Task<CloudTask> ConvertTesTaskToBatchTaskAsync(string taskId, TesT
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"chmod -R o+rwx $AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR/wd && \\");
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"export TES_TASK_WD=$AZ_BATCH_TASK_WORKING_DIR/wd && \\");
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"write_ts ExecutorStart && \\");
-            sb.AppendLinuxLine($"docker run --rm {volumeMountsOption} --entrypoint= {workdirOption}{executor.Image} {executor.Command[0]} {string.Join(" ", executor.Command.Skip(1).Select(BashWrapShellArgument))} && \\");
+            sb.AppendLinuxLine($"docker run --rm {volumeMountsOption} --entrypoint= {workdirOption}{executor.Image} {string.Join(" ", executor.Command.Select(BashWrapShellArgument))} && \\");
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"write_ts ExecutorEnd && \\");
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"write_ts UploadStart && \\");
             sb.AppendLinuxLine($"./{NodeTaskRunnerFilename} upload && \\");
diff --git a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
index 37546aae3..5be7cfc7c 100644
--- a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
+++ b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ private static async Task<int> TestTaskAsync(string tesEndpoint, bool preemptibl
                     new TesExecutor()
                     {
                         Image = "ubuntu:22.04",
-                        Command = new List<string>{"echo 'hello world'" },
+                        Command = new List<string>{ "echo", "hello world" },
                     }
                 },
                 Resources = new TesResources()
diff --git a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/deploy-tes-on-azure.csproj b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/deploy-tes-on-azure.csproj
index 6bdef9591..31199a19b 100644
--- a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/deploy-tes-on-azure.csproj
+++ b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/deploy-tes-on-azure.csproj
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="scripts\env-01-account-names.txt" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="scripts\env-02-internal-images.txt" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="scripts\env-04-settings.txt" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="test.wdl" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="testInputs.json" />
     <Content Update="samples\config.json">
         <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
diff --git a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/test.wdl b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/test.wdl
deleted file mode 100644
index 193630407..000000000
--- a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/test.wdl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-task hello {
-  String name
-  File inputFile
-
-  command {
-    echo 'Hello ${name}!'
-    cat ${inputFile} > outfile2.txt
-  }
-  output {
-    File outfile1 = stdout()
-    File outfile2 = "outfile2.txt"
-  }
-  runtime {
-    docker: 'mcr.microsoft.com/mirror/docker/library/ubuntu:22.04'
-    preemptible: true
-  }
-}
-
-workflow test {
-  call hello
-}
diff --git a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/testInputs.json b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/testInputs.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a7e3058ea..000000000
--- a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/testInputs.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "test.hello.name": "World",
-  "test.hello.inputFile": "{InputFilePath}"
-}