diff --git a/provider.go b/provider.go
index eb56491..34e246d 100644
--- a/provider.go
+++ b/provider.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fpoc
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"github.com/jinzhu/copier"
 
-	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/fleeting/fleeting/connector"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/fleeting/fleeting/provider"
 )
 
@@ -140,25 +138,7 @@ func (g *InstanceGroup) Update(ctx context.Context, update func(instance string,
 			}
 
 		case "ACTIVE":
-			if srv.Created.Add(g.BootTime).Before(time.Now()) {
-				// treat all nodes running long enough as Running
-				state = provider.StateRunning
-			} else {
-				log, err := servers.ShowConsoleOutput(ctx, g.computeClient, srv.ID, servers.ShowConsoleOutputOpts{
-					Length: 100,
-				}).Extract()
-				if err != nil {
-					reterr = errors.Join(reterr, err)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				if IsCloudInitFinished(log) {
-					g.log.Debug("Instance cloud-init finished", "server_id", srv.ID, "created", srv.Created)
-					state = provider.StateRunning
-				} else {
-					g.log.Debug("Instance boot time not passed and cloud-init not finished", "server_id", srv.ID, "created", srv.Created, "boot_time", g.BootTime)
-				}
-			}
+			state = provider.StateRunning
 		}
 
 		update(srv.ID, state)
@@ -232,7 +212,7 @@ func (g *InstanceGroup) getInstances(ctx context.Context, initial bool) ([]serve
 	size := len(filteredServers)
 
 	if !initial && size != g.size {
-		g.log.Error("out-of-sync capacity", "expected", g.size, "actual", size)
+		g.log.Info("out-of-sync capacity", "expected", g.size, "actual", size)
 	}
 	g.size = size
 
@@ -318,26 +298,6 @@ func (g *InstanceGroup) ConnectInfo(ctx context.Context, instanceID string) (pro
 		return info, nil
 	}
 
-	inp := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	combinedOut := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-
-	ropts := connector.ConnectorOptions{
-		DialOptions: connector.DialOptions{
-			// UseExternalAddr: true,
-		},
-		RunOptions: connector.RunOptions{
-			Command: `echo "ok"`,
-			Stdin:   inp,
-			Stdout:  combinedOut,
-			Stderr:  combinedOut,
-		},
-	}
-	err = connector.Run(ctx, info, ropts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return provider.ConnectInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to test ssh: %w", err)
-	}
-	g.log.Debug("SSH test result", "out", combinedOut.String())
-
 	return info, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index f5e8819..b1efe48 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package fpoc
 import (
 	"maps"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2/openstack/compute/v2/servers"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ type ExtCreateOpts struct {
 }
 
 // ToServerCreateMap for extended opts
-func (opts ExtCreateOpts) ToServerCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func (opts ExtCreateOpts) ToServerCreateMap() (map[string]any, error) {
 	if opts.Networks != nil {
 		opts.CreateOpts.Networks = opts.Networks
 	}
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func extractAddresses(srv *servers.Server) (map[string][]Address, error) {
 	ret := make(map[string][]Address, len(srv.Addresses))
 
 	for net, isv := range srv.Addresses {
-		ism := isv.([]interface{})
+		ism := isv.([]any)
 		items := make([]Address, 0, len(ism))
 
 		for _, iv := range ism {
@@ -110,10 +111,5 @@ var initFinishedRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^.*Cloud-init\ v\.\ \d+\.\d+\.\d+\ fini
 func IsCloudInitFinished(log string) bool {
 	lines := strings.Split(log, "\n")
 
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		if initFinishedRe.MatchString(line) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return slices.ContainsFunc(lines, initFinishedRe.MatchString)
 }
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index d9b1c98..c06b80c 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestExtCreateOpts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	`
 
-	expected := `{"os:scheduler_hints":{"group":"a5b557be-b7f0-4cb3-8f7c-6b5092f29c2c"},"server":{"description":"podman instance","flavorRef":"5","imageRef":"f2403879-6fbe-49a0-b71f-54b70039f32a","key_name":"gitlab-autoscaler","metadata":{"foo":"bar"},"name":"gitlab-runner-%d","networks":[{"uuid":"c487d046-80ad-4da0-8b98-4a48ad3c257a"}],"security_groups":[{"name":"allow_gitlab_runner"}],"tags":["podman","CI"],"user_data":"IyFjbG91ZC1jb25maWcKcGFja2FnZV91cGRhdGU6IHRydWUKcGFja2FnZV91cGdyYWRlOiB0cnVlCg=="}}`
+	expected := `{"server":{"description":"podman instance","flavorRef":"5","imageRef":"f2403879-6fbe-49a0-b71f-54b70039f32a","key_name":"gitlab-autoscaler","metadata":{"foo":"bar"},"name":"gitlab-runner-%d","networks":[{"uuid":"c487d046-80ad-4da0-8b98-4a48ad3c257a"}],"security_groups":[{"name":"allow_gitlab_runner"}],"tags":["podman","CI"],"user_data":"IyFjbG91ZC1jb25maWcKcGFja2FnZV91cGRhdGU6IHRydWUKcGFja2FnZV91cGdyYWRlOiB0cnVlCg=="}}`
 
 	cfg := new(ExtCreateOpts)
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(cfgJSON), cfg)