diff --git a/cts/cts.in b/cts/cts.in
index 851d4e70bb..832be673b8 100755
--- a/cts/cts.in
+++ b/cts/cts.in
@@ -1,148 +1,140 @@
 #!@BASH_PATH@
 #
 # Copyright 2012-2025 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 cts_root=`dirname $0`
 
 verbose=0
 
 clean=0
 run=0
 boot=0
 
-patterns="-e CTS:"
-
 helpmsg=$(cat <<EOF
 Usage: %s [options] {[CMDS]}
 
 [--]help, -h            show help screen and exit
 -c,-g CLUSTER_NAME      set the cluster name
 -v                      increase verbosity
--e PATTERN              grep pattern to apply when 'summary' requested
 [--]run                 request CTS run (passing remaining arguments through)
 [--]boot, start         request CTS run (with --boot option)
 [--]clean               request cleaning up after CTS run
 EOF
 )
 
 while true; do
     case $1 in
         -h|--help|help)
             printf "${helpmsg}\n" "$0"
             exit
             ;;
         -c|-g)
             cluster_name=$2
             shift
             shift
             ;;
         -v)
             verbose=`expr $verbose + 1`
             shift
             ;;
-        -e)
-            patterns="$patterns -e `echo $2 | sed 's/ /\\\W/g'`"
-            shift
-            shift
-            ;;
         --run|run)
             run=1
             shift
             break
             ;;
         --boot|boot|start)
             boot=1
             clean=1
             shift
             break
             ;;
         --clean|clean)
             clean=1
             shift
             ;;
         "")
             break
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown argument: $1"
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
 done
 
 # Add the location of this script
 export PATH="$PATH:$cts_root"
 which cluster-helper &>/dev/null
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
     echo $0 needs the cluster-helper script to be in your path
     exit 1
 fi
 
 which cluster-clean &>/dev/null
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
     echo $0 needs the cluster-clean script to be in your path
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ "x$cluster_name" = x ] ; then
     clusters=`ls -1 ~/.dsh/group/[a-z]+[0-9] | sed s/.*group.// | tr '\n' ' ' `
 
     echo "custom) interactively define a cluster"
     for i in $clusters; do
         echo "$i) `cluster-helper --list short -g $i`"
     done
 
     read -p "Choose a cluster [custom]: " cluster_name
     echo
 fi
 
 if [ -z $cluster_name ]; then
     cluster_name=custom
 fi
 
 
 case $cluster_name in
     custom)
         read -p "Cluster name: " cluster_name
         read -p "Cluster hosts: " cluster_hosts
         read -p "Cluster log file: " cluster_log
         cluster-helper add -g "$cluster_name" -w "$cluster_hosts"
         ;;
     *)
         cluster_hosts=`cluster-helper --list short -g $cluster_name`
         cluster_log=~/cluster-$cluster_name.log
         ;;
 esac
 
 if [ $run = 1 ]; then
     clean=1
 fi
 
 if [ $clean = 1 ]; then
     rm -f $cluster_log
     cluster-clean -g $cluster_name --kill
 fi
 
 if [ $boot = 1 ]; then
     $cts_root/cts-lab -r -c -g $cluster_name --boot
     rc=$?
     if [ $rc = 0 ]; then
         echo "The cluster is ready..."
     fi
     exit $rc
 
 elif [ $run = 1 ]; then
     $cts_root/cts-lab -r -c -g $cluster_name 500 "$@"
     exit $?
 
 elif [ $clean = 1 ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
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