diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6be53c326..7b77bfc30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ By default, kola uses the `qemu` platform with the most recently built image
 (assuming it is run from within the SDK).
 
 #### kola run
+
+In order to provide internet access to QEMU instances; it's required to enable ipv4 forwarding on the host machine:
+
+```shell
+sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+```
+
 The run command invokes the main kola test harness. It
 runs any tests whose registered names matches a glob pattern.
 
diff --git a/kola/tests/etcd/discovery.go b/kola/tests/etcd/discovery.go
index f0a316ad0..7d4042524 100644
--- a/kola/tests/etcd/discovery.go
+++ b/kola/tests/etcd/discovery.go
@@ -80,21 +80,9 @@ etcd:
 func Discovery(c cluster.TestCluster) {
 	var err error
 
-	// NOTE(pb): this check makes the next code somewhat redundant
 	if err = GetClusterHealth(c, c.Machines()[0], len(c.Machines())); err != nil {
 		c.Fatalf("discovery failed cluster-health check: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	var keyMap map[string]string
-	keyMap, err = setKeys(c, 5)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Fatalf("failed to set keys: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if err = checkKeys(c, keyMap); err != nil {
-		c.Fatalf("failed to check keys: %v", err)
-	}
-
 }
 
 // etcdMemberV2BackupRestore tests that the basic etcdctl v2 operations (get,
@@ -114,6 +102,7 @@ func etcdMemberV2BackupRestore(c cluster.TestCluster) {
 	c.MustSSH(m, `
 	set -e
 
+	export ETCDCTL_API=2
 	prefix=$RANDOM
 	etcdctl set /$prefix/test magic
 	res="$(etcdctl get /$prefix/test)"
diff --git a/kola/tests/etcd/util.go b/kola/tests/etcd/util.go
index dc6af63fa..0eb43d039 100644
--- a/kola/tests/etcd/util.go
+++ b/kola/tests/etcd/util.go
@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ func GetClusterHealth(c cluster.TestCluster, m platform.Machine, csize int) erro
 	var b []byte
 
 	checker := func() error {
-		b, err := c.SSH(m, "etcdctl cluster-health")
+		// Fun hack: we need to redirect stderr to stdout because in 3.3.25, there is
+		// a mistake (?) where `health` command redirects to stderr
+		// More details https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e48ad568b9e0ad9d3fbcecb82bf77998b19f6499
+		b, err := c.SSH(m, "ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl endpoint --cluster health 2>&1")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// repsonse should include "healthy" for each machine and for cluster
-		if strings.Count(string(b), "healthy") != (csize*2)+1 {
+		// response should include "healthy" for each machine
+		if strings.Count(string(b), "healthy") != csize {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected etcdctl output")
 		}