diff --git a/test/e2e/sampleapptestbase.go b/test/e2e/sampleapptestbase.go
index e71ef364f..37cb9d0b6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/sampleapptestbase.go
+++ b/test/e2e/sampleapptestbase.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func cleanup(yamlFilePath, workDir string) {
 }
 
 func serviceHostname(appName string) string {
-	return noStderrShell("kubectl", "get", "rt", appName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.domain}", "-n", servingNamespace)
+	return noStderrShell("kubectl", "get", "rt", appName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.url}", "-n", servingNamespace)
 }
 
 func ingressAddress(gateway string, addressType string) string {
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ func checkDeployment(t *testing.T, appName, expectedOutput string) {
 		t.Fatalf("Ingress not found (ingress='%s', host='%s')", ingressAddr, serviceHost)
 	}
 	t.Logf("Curling %s/%s", ingressAddr, serviceHost)
-
+	
+	serviceHost = strings.Replace(serviceHost, "http://", "", 1)
 	outputString := ""
 	timeout = servingTimeout
 	for outputString != expectedOutput && timeout >= 0 {