diff --git a/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs-conformance-sonobuoy-plugin.yaml b/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs-conformance-sonobuoy-plugin.yaml
index 48097d943..c81658325 100644
--- a/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs-conformance-sonobuoy-plugin.yaml
+++ b/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs-conformance-sonobuoy-plugin.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spec:
   command:
   - bash
   args: ["-c","go tool test2json ./custom.test -test.v | tee ${SONOBUOY_RESULTS_DIR}/out.json ; echo ${SONOBUOY_RESULTS_DIR}/out.json > ${SONOBUOY_RESULTS_DIR}/done"]
-  image: ghcr.io/sovereigncloudstack/standards/scs-kaas-conformance:dev
+  image: registry.dnation.cloud/test-mg/scsconformance:dev #ghcr.io/sovereigncloudstack/standards/scs-kaas-conformance:dev
   env:
   - name: NS_PREFIX
     value: custom
diff --git a/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs_k8s_conformance_tests/scs_0217_cluster_hardening_test.go b/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs_k8s_conformance_tests/scs_0217_cluster_hardening_test.go
index bbeb7f5b9..160276ccd 100644
--- a/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs_k8s_conformance_tests/scs_0217_cluster_hardening_test.go
+++ b/Tests/kaas/kaas-sonobuoy-tests/scs_k8s_conformance_tests/scs_0217_cluster_hardening_test.go
@@ -549,23 +549,6 @@ func isPortSecuredWithHTTPS(ip string, port int32, timeout time.Duration) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// waitForDirectory waits for a directory to become available at a specified path.
-func waitForDirectory(path string, timeout time.Duration) error {
-	start := time.Now()
-	for time.Since(start) < timeout {
-		if info, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
-			return nil
-		}
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
-	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("directory %s not found after %v", path, timeout)
-}
-
-// isConfigzFile checks if a file is a configz.json file.
-func isConfigzFile(fileName string) bool {
-	return fileName != "" && (fileName[0:8] == "configz-")
-}
-
 // readKubeletConfigFromFile reads and parses the Kubelet configuration from a file.
 func readKubeletConfigFromFile(path string) (*KubeletConfig, error) {
 	fmt.Printf("Reading Kubelet config from file: %s\n", path)