diff --git a/test/integration/Makefile b/test/integration/Makefile
index ee8be66d68..070597ab1d 100644
--- a/test/integration/Makefile
+++ b/test/integration/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test_group_by: setup
 
 test_handlers:
 	ansible-playbook test_handlers.yml --tags scenario1 -i inventory.handlers -e @$(VARS_FILE) $(CREDENTIALS_ARG) -v $(TEST_FLAGS)
-	[ "$$(ansible-playbook test_handlers.yml --tags scenario2 -l A -i inventory.handlers -e @$(VARS_FILE) $(CREDENTIALS_ARG) -v $(TEST_FLAGS) | grep -Po 'RUNNING HANDLER \[test_handlers : \K[^\]]+')" = "test handler" ]
+	[ "$$(ansible-playbook test_handlers.yml --tags scenario2 -l A -i inventory.handlers -e @$(VARS_FILE) $(CREDENTIALS_ARG) -v $(TEST_FLAGS) | egrep -o 'RUNNING HANDLER \[test_handlers : .*?]')" = "RUNNING HANDLER [test_handlers : test handler]" ]
 	# Not forcing, should only run on successful host
 	[ "$$(ansible-playbook test_force_handlers.yml --tags normal -i inventory.handlers -e @$(VARS_FILE) $(CREDENTIALS_ARG) -v $(TEST_FLAGS) | egrep -o CALLED_HANDLER_. | sort | uniq | xargs)" = "CALLED_HANDLER_B" ]
 	# Forcing from command line
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ blocks: setup
 	rm -f block_test.out
 	# run the test and check to make sure the right number of completions was logged
 	ansible-playbook -vv -e outputdir=$(TEST_DIR) test_blocks/main.yml | tee block_test.out
-	sed -r 's/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g' block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
-	[ "$$(grep 'TEST COMPLETE' block_test.out | wc -l)" = "$$(egrep '^[0-9]+ plays in' block_test_wo_colors.out | cut -f1 -d' ')" ]
+	env python -c 'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
+	[ "$$(grep 'TEST COMPLETE' block_test.out | wc -l | sed 's/ *//')" = "$$(egrep '^[0-9]+ plays in' block_test_wo_colors.out | cut -f1 -d' ')" ]
 	# cleanup the output log again, to make sure the test is clean
 	rm -f block_test.out block_test_wo_colors.out
 	# run test with free strategy and again count the completions
 	ansible-playbook -vv -e outputdir=$(TEST_DIR) test_blocks/main.yml -e test_strategy=free | tee block_test.out
-	sed -r 's/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g' block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
-	[ "$$(grep 'TEST COMPLETE' block_test.out | wc -l)" = "$$(egrep '^[0-9]+ plays in' block_test_wo_colors.out | cut -f1 -d' ')" ]
+	env python -c 'import sys, re; sys.stdout.write(re.sub("\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]", "", sys.stdin.read()))' <block_test.out >block_test_wo_colors.out
+	[ "$$(grep 'TEST COMPLETE' block_test.out | wc -l | sed 's/ *//')" = "$$(egrep '^[0-9]+ plays in' block_test_wo_colors.out | cut -f1 -d' ')" ]
 
 cloud: amazon rackspace azure
 
diff --git a/test/utils/shippable/remote-integration.sh b/test/utils/shippable/remote-integration.sh
index fda689511f..cf3f6ce729 100644
--- a/test/utils/shippable/remote-integration.sh
+++ b/test/utils/shippable/remote-integration.sh
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@ set -u
 
 cd test/integration
 
-# FIXME: these test targets fail
-sed -i '' 's/ blocks / /;' Makefile
-sed -i '' 's/ pull / /;' Makefile
-sed -i '' 's/ test_handlers / /;' Makefile
-sed -i '' 's/ no_log / /;' Makefile
-
 # TODO: support httptester via reverse ssh tunnel
 
 rm -rf "/tmp/shippable"