diff --git a/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_FailureScenarios.robot b/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_FailureScenarios.robot
index 0aef9c0..a6d2bf7 100755
--- a/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_FailureScenarios.robot
+++ b/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_FailureScenarios.robot
@@ -538,24 +538,6 @@
     ...    ${List_ONU_Serial}    ${onu_flows}
 
 *** Keywords ***
-Setup Soak
-    [Documentation]    Pre-test Setup for Soak Job
-    ${olt_ids}    Create List
-    FOR    ${I}    IN RANGE    0    ${num_olts}
-        ${olt_serial_number}=    Set Variable    ${list_olts}[${I}][sn]
-        ${olt_device_id}=    Get Device ID From SN    ${olt_serial_number}
-        ${logical_id}=    Get Logical Device ID From SN    ${olt_serial_number}
-        ${of_id}=    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    15s    Validate OLT Device in ONOS
-        ...    ${olt_serial_number}
-        ${nni_port}=    Run Keyword And Continue On Failure    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    2s
-        ...    Get NNI Port in ONOS    ${of_id}
-        Set Global Variable    ${nni_port}
-        ${olt}    Create Dictionary    device_id    ${olt_device_id}    logical_id    ${logical_id}
-        ...    of_id    ${of_id}    sn    ${olt_serial_number}
-        Append To List    ${olt_ids}    ${olt}
-    END
-    Set Global Variable    ${olt_ids}
-
 Setup Suite
     [Documentation]    Set up the test suite
     Common Test Suite Setup
diff --git a/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_PODTests.robot b/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_PODTests.robot
index 0db4600..7f03385 100644
--- a/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_PODTests.robot
+++ b/tests/dt-workflow/Voltha_DT_PODTests.robot
@@ -439,15 +439,15 @@
 Data plane verification using TCP for DT
     [Documentation]    Test bandwidth profile is met and not exceeded for each subscriber.
     ...    Assumes iperf3 and jq installed on client and iperf -s running on DHCP server
-    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    BandwidthProfileTCPDt    VOL-3061
+    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    BandwidthProfileTCPDt    VOL-3061    soakDataplane
     [Setup]    Start Logging    BandwidthProfileTCPDt
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND    Stop Logging    BandwidthProfileTCPDt
     Pass Execution If   '${has_dataplane}'=='False'    Bandwidth profile validation can be done only in
     ...    physical pod.  Skipping this test in BBSIM.
-    Delete All Devices And Verify
+    Run Keyword If    'SOAK_TEST'=='False'    Clear All Devices Then Create New Device
+    ...    ELSE    Setup Soak
     Run Keyword If    ${has_dataplane}    Clean Up Linux
-    setup
     Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    2s    Perform Sanity Test DT
 
     #${of_id}=    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    15s    Validate OLT Device in ONOS
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 Data plane verification using UDP for DT
     [Documentation]    Test bandwidth profile is met and not exceeded for each subscriber.
     ...    Assumes iperf3 and jq installed on client and iperf -s running on DHCP server
-    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    BandwidthProfileUDPDt    VOL-3061
+    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    BandwidthProfileUDPDt    VOL-3061    soakDataplane
     [Setup]    Start Logging    BandwidthProfileUDPDt
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND    Stop Logging    BandwidthProfileUDPDt
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
     ...    Install jq tool to read json file, where test suite is being running
     ...    This test sends TCP packets with pbits between 0 and 7 and validates that
     ...    the pbits are preserved by the PON.
-    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    TechProfileDt    VOL-3291
+    [Tags]    dataplaneDt    TechProfileDt    VOL-3291    soakDataplane
     [Setup]    Start Logging    TechProfileDt
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND    Stop Logging    TechProfileDt