diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
index 73adc58cd77651..d4c5209fbfaf3d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
@@ -368,22 +368,9 @@ static int endpoint_init(char *flags)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int _ss_search(char *src, char *dst, char *port, char *keyword)
+static void run_subflow(void)
 {
-	return SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns exec %s ss -enita src %s dst %s %s %d | grep -q '%s'",
-			  NS_TEST, src, dst, port, PORT_1, keyword);
-}
-
-static int ss_search(char *src, char *keyword)
-{
-	return _ss_search(src, ADDR_1, "dport", keyword);
-}
-
-static void run_subflow(char *new)
-{
-	int server_fd, client_fd, err;
-	char cc[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX];
-	socklen_t len;
+	int server_fd, client_fd;
 
 	server_fd = start_mptcp_server(AF_INET, ADDR_1, PORT_1, 0);
 	if (!ASSERT_GE(server_fd, 0, "start_mptcp_server"))
@@ -393,19 +380,8 @@ static void run_subflow(char *new)
 	if (!ASSERT_GE(client_fd, 0, "connect to fd"))
 		goto close_server;
 
-	len = sizeof(cc);
-	err = getsockopt(server_fd, SOL_TCP, TCP_CONGESTION, cc, &len);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "getsockopt(server_fd, TCP_CONGESTION)"))
-		goto close_client;
-
 	send_byte(client_fd);
 
-	ASSERT_OK(ss_search(ADDR_1, "fwmark:0x1"), "ss_search fwmark:0x1");
-	ASSERT_OK(ss_search(ADDR_2, "fwmark:0x2"), "ss_search fwmark:0x2");
-	ASSERT_OK(ss_search(ADDR_1, new), "ss_search new cc");
-	ASSERT_OK(ss_search(ADDR_2, cc), "ss_search default cc");
-
-close_client:
 	close(client_fd);
 close_server:
 	close(server_fd);
@@ -441,7 +417,7 @@ static void test_subflow(void)
 	if (endpoint_init("subflow") < 0)
 		goto close_netns;
 
-	run_subflow(skel->data->cc);
+	run_subflow();
 
 close_netns:
 	cleanup_netns(nstoken);
@@ -470,9 +446,15 @@ static struct nstoken *sched_init(char *flags, char *sched)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int ss_search(char *src, char *dst, char *port, char *keyword)
+{
+	return SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns exec %s ss -enita src %s dst %s %s %d | grep -q '%s'",
+			  NS_TEST, src, dst, port, PORT_1, keyword);
+}
+
 static int has_bytes_sent(char *dst)
 {
-	return _ss_search(ADDR_1, dst, "sport", "bytes_sent:");
+	return ss_search(ADDR_1, dst, "sport", "bytes_sent:");
 }
 
 static void send_data_and_verify(char *sched, bool addr1, bool addr2)