diff --git a/tests/p_minicom/minicom_test.sh b/tests/p_minicom/minicom_test.sh
index 71183c3..467e4e3 100755
--- a/tests/p_minicom/minicom_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_minicom/minicom_test.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 - very basic minicom test."
 
-# Only checking for correct output of '-v'
-# with respect to different versions on C5 and C6
-
-if (t_GetPkgRel basesystem | grep -q el6)
-then
-  VERSION="2.3"
-else
-  VERSION="2.1"
-fi
-
-minicom -v | grep "${VERSION}"  >/dev/null 2>&1
+minicom -h | grep -q "terminal program"
 
 t_CheckExitStatus $?