diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f053cc9b8..415ea54328 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ test-diff:
 
 # run only happy path E2E tests
 test-e2e-short:
-	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path::default
+	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path
 
 # run only happy path E2E tests with cometmock
 # this set of traces does not test equivocation but it does check downtime
 test-e2e-short-cometmock:
-	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path-short::default --use-cometmock --use-gorelayer
+	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path-short --use-cometmock --use-gorelayer
 
 # run full E2E tests in sequence (including multiconsumer)
 test-e2e-multi-consumer:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test-gaia-e2e:
 
 # run only happy path E2E tests using latest tagged gaia
 test-gaia-e2e-short:
-	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path::default --use-gaia
+	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path --use-gaia
 
 # run full E2E tests in parallel (including multiconsumer) using latest tagged gaia
 test-gaia-e2e-parallel:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test-gaia-e2e-tagged:
 # run only happy path E2E tests using latest tagged gaia
 # usage: GAIA_TAG=v9.0.0 make test-gaia-e2e-short-tagged
 test-gaia-e2e-short-tagged:
-	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path::default --use-gaia --gaia-tag $(GAIA_TAG)
+	go run ./tests/e2e/... --tc happy-path --use-gaia --gaia-tag $(GAIA_TAG)
 
 # run full E2E tests in parallel (including multiconsumer) using specific tagged version of gaia
 # usage: GAIA_TAG=v9.0.0 make test-gaia-e2e-parallel-tagged