diff --git a/functionaltest-jenkins-plugin/src/test/groovy/ImageScanningTest.groovy b/functionaltest-jenkins-plugin/src/test/groovy/ImageScanningTest.groovy
index 44e978f2..dee0c8c6 100644
--- a/functionaltest-jenkins-plugin/src/test/groovy/ImageScanningTest.groovy
+++ b/functionaltest-jenkins-plugin/src/test/groovy/ImageScanningTest.groovy
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ class ImageScanningTest extends BaseSpecification {
     protected static final String CENTRAL_URI = Config.roxEndpoint
     protected static final String QUAY_REPO = "quay.io/openshifttest/"
 
-    def "Test read timeout with minimal timeout should fail"() {
-        when:
-        BuildResult status = jenkins.createAndRunJob(
-                getJobConfig("nginx-alpine:latest", false, true, 1))
-
-        then:
-        assert status == FAILURE
-    }
-
     @Unroll
     def "image scanning test with toggle enforcement(#imageName, #policyName,  #enforcements, #endStatus)"() {
         given:
@@ -121,6 +112,8 @@ class ImageScanningTest extends BaseSpecification {
         policy.setEnforcementActions(enforcements)
         policy.setFields(new StoragePolicyFields().imageName(new StorageImageNamePolicy().tag(tag)))
         policy.setDisabled(false)
+        // Clear exclusions to avoid serialization issues with null scope values
+        policy.setExclusions([])
         restApiClient.updatePolicy(policy, policyId)
         return restApiClient.getPolicy(policyId)
     }