diff --git a/cluster/images/conformance/run_e2e.sh b/cluster/images/conformance/run_e2e.sh
index e24d8b52c2b..6301b7fc270 100755
--- a/cluster/images/conformance/run_e2e.sh
+++ b/cluster/images/conformance/run_e2e.sh
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ ginkgo_args+=(
 )
 
 set -x
-/usr/local/bin/ginkgo "${ginkgo_args[@]}" /usr/local/bin/e2e.test -- --disable-log-dump --repo-root=/kubernetes --provider="${E2E_PROVIDER}" --report-dir="${RESULTS_DIR}" --kubeconfig="${KUBECONFIG}" -v="${E2E_VERBOSITY}" | tee "${RESULTS_DIR}"/e2e.log &
+/usr/local/bin/ginkgo "${ginkgo_args[@]}" /usr/local/bin/e2e.test -- --disable-log-dump --repo-root=/kubernetes --provider="${E2E_PROVIDER}" --report-dir="${RESULTS_DIR}" --kubeconfig="${KUBECONFIG}" -v="${E2E_VERBOSITY}" > >(tee "${RESULTS_DIR}"/e2e.log)
+ret=$?
 set +x
-# $! is the pid of tee, not ginkgo
-wait "$(pgrep ginkgo)" && ret=0 || ret=$?
 saveResults
 exit ${ret}