diff --git a/esti/lakectl_local_test.go b/esti/lakectl_local_test.go
index a85b0b4fd2c..75ef862f36a 100644
--- a/esti/lakectl_local_test.go
+++ b/esti/lakectl_local_test.go
@@ -503,32 +503,20 @@ func TestLakectlLocal_commitProtetedBranch(t *testing.T) {
 		"REF":       mainBranch,
 		"LOCAL_DIR": dataDir,
 	}
-	runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" repo create lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+" "+storage, false, false, vars)
+	runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" repo create lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+" "+vars["STORAGE"], false, false, vars)
 
 	runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" branch-protect add lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/  '*'", false, false, vars)
-
+	// Cloning local dir
 	RunCmdAndVerifyContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" local clone lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/"+vars["BRANCH"]+"/ "+vars["LOCAL_DIR"], false, "Successfully cloned lakefs://${REPO}/${REF}/ to ${LOCAL_DIR}.", vars)
 	RunCmdAndVerifyContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" local status "+vars["LOCAL_DIR"], false, "No diff found", vars)
-
+	// Adding file to local dir
 	fd, err = os.Create(filepath.Join(dataDir, "test.txt"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, fd.Close())
 	RunCmdAndVerifyContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" local status "+vars["LOCAL_DIR"], false, "local  ║ added  ║ test.txt", vars)
 
-	runCmdAndVerifyContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" branch-protect list lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/ ", false, false, "*", vars)
-	str := runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" branch-protect list lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/ ", false, false, vars)
-	fmt.Println("itamar testing", str)
-	// Commit changes to branch
-	//runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" commit lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/"+vars["BRANCH"]+" --allow-empty-message -m \" \"", false, false, vars)
-
-	//RunCmdAndVerifyFailureContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" fs upload -s files/ro_1k lakefs://"+vars["REPO"]+"/"+vars["BRANCH"]+"/"+"fail_file.txt", false, "cannot write to protected branch", vars)
-	//RunCmdAndVerifyContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" local list", false, repoName+"/"+vars["BRANCH"], vars)
-
+	// Try to commit local dir, expect failure
 	RunCmdAndVerifyFailureContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" local commit -m test "+vars["LOCAL_DIR"], false, "cannot write to protected branch", vars)
-	//RunCmdAndVerifyFailureContainsText(t, Lakectl()+" fs rm "+dataDir, false, "cannot write to protected branch", vars)
-
-	//runCmd(t, Lakectl()+" branch-protect delete lakefs://"+repoName+"/  \"*\"", false, false, vars)
-
 }
 
 func TestLakectlLocal_commit(t *testing.T) {