diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
index c8fed3a..641d15b 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     stage('Run E2E Tests') {
       environment {
         ROBOT_CONFIG_FILE="${localDeploymentConfigFile}"
-        ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -d $WORKSPACE/RobotLogs"
+        ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -e bbsim -d $WORKSPACE/RobotLogs"
         ROBOT_FILE="Voltha_PODTests.robot"
       }
       steps {
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index dea31dd..e92c483 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     stage('Subscriber Validation and Ping Tests') {
       environment {
         ROBOT_CONFIG_FILE="$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configDeploymentDir}/${configFileName}.yaml"
-        ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -d $WORKSPACE/RobotLogs -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir}"
+        ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -e bbsim -d $WORKSPACE/RobotLogs -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir}"
         ROBOT_FILE="Voltha_PODTests.robot"
       }
       steps {