diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index 9c593320d2..4ac4f5cf71 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,3 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2518364.00
 minpercent = 15.0
 maxpercent = 15.0
-
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index c243ed2c52..102f7d34dc 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.61
 minpercent = 15.0
 maxpercent = 15.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "memory-footprint"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure memory usage"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 2435844.00
+minpercent = 15.0
+maxpercent = 15.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
index b6cc827e3c..57d2ce3cdd 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #  This test uses smem tool to get the memory used.
 
 set -e
-set -x
 
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 source "${SCRIPT_PATH}/../lib/common.bash"