diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 1e57c9672d..496d7c0b7c 100644
--- a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
       InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
             .getInstanceServices();
 
-      String tag = this.tag + "onl";
+      String tag = this.tag + "o";
 
       TemplateOptions options = client.templateOptions();
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
       InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
             .getInstanceServices();
 
-      String tag = this.tag + "onk";
+      String tag = this.tag + "k";
 
       TemplateOptions options = client.templateOptions();
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
       InstanceClient instanceClient = EC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
             .getInstanceServices();
 
-      String tag = this.tag + "ons";
+      String tag = this.tag + "g";
 
       TemplateOptions options = client.templateOptions();
 
diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EucalyptusComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EucalyptusComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java
index a61b0659a3..c85cfe7bb0 100644
--- a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EucalyptusComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EucalyptusComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class EucalyptusComputeServiceLiveTestDisabled extends EC2ComputeServiceL
    @Override
    public void setServiceDefaults() {
       // security groups must be <30 characters
-      tag = "euc";
+      tag = "eu";
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index f967f6a063..d01e7d5244 100755
--- a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
    // starting this one alphabetically before create2nodes..
    @Test(enabled = true, dependsOnMethods = { "testCompareSizes" })
    public void testAScriptExecutionAfterBootWithBasicTemplate() throws Exception {
-      String tag = this.tag + "run";
+      String tag = this.tag + "r";
       try {
          client.destroyNodesMatching(withTag(tag));
       } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
    @Test(enabled = true)
    public void testCreateAndRunAService() throws Exception {
 
-      String tag = this.tag + "service";
+      String tag = this.tag + "s";
       try {
          client.destroyNodesMatching(withTag(tag));
       } catch (Exception e) {