diff --git a/fsw/pc-rtems/src/cfe_psp_start.c b/fsw/pc-rtems/src/cfe_psp_start.c
index 31f8060a..5de93b69 100644
--- a/fsw/pc-rtems/src/cfe_psp_start.c
+++ b/fsw/pc-rtems/src/cfe_psp_start.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ int timer_count = 0;
 */
 int CFE_PSP_Setup(void)
 {
+    /* TODO this hangs the dev board when using rki2 since network is already set up */
+#if 0
     rtems_status_code status;
 
     /*
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ int CFE_PSP_Setup(void)
     {
         printf("Network init not successful: %s / %s (continuing)\n", rtems_status_text(status), strerror(errno));
     }
+#endif
 
     return RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL;
 }
diff --git a/unit-test-coverage/pc-rtems/src/coveragetest-cfe-psp-start.c b/unit-test-coverage/pc-rtems/src/coveragetest-cfe-psp-start.c
index ffa95577..567475a9 100644
--- a/unit-test-coverage/pc-rtems/src/coveragetest-cfe-psp-start.c
+++ b/unit-test-coverage/pc-rtems/src/coveragetest-cfe-psp-start.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ void Test_CFE_PSP_Setup(void)
     /* Test for printf due to error from rtems_bsdnet_initialize_network (function still returns RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL) */
     UT_SetDefaultReturnValue(UT_KEY(PCS_rtems_bsdnet_initialize_network), -1);
     UtAssert_INT32_EQ(CFE_PSP_Setup(), PCS_RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
-    UtAssert_STUB_COUNT(PCS_printf, 1);
 }
 
 void Test_OS_Application_Startup(void)
@@ -82,4 +81,4 @@ void Test_CFE_PSP_Main(void)
      * failure of OS_FileSysAddFixedMap, and 1 from CFE_PSP_InitProcessorReservedMemory */
     UtAssert_STUB_COUNT(OS_printf, 5);
     UT_ResetState(UT_KEY(OS_printf)); /* Reset so cleared for future tests */
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}