@@ -235,12 +235,11 @@
 						   
 						   ;; call the command using mt_ezstep
 						   (set! script (conc "mt_ezstep " stepname " " (if prevstep prevstep "-") " " stepcmd))
 
 						   (debug:print 4 "script: " script)
-						   ;; DO NOT remote
-						   (tdb:teststep-set-status! test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f work-area: work-area)
+						   (rmt:teststep-set-status! test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f)
 						   ;; now launch
 						   (let ((pid (process-run script)))
 						     (let processloop ((i 0))
 						       (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
 								   (mutex-lock! m)
@@ -253,12 +252,11 @@
 									 (thread-sleep! 2)
 									 (processloop (+ i 1))))
 								   ))
                                                      (let ((exinfo (vector-ref exit-info 2))
                                                            (logfna (if logpro-used (conc stepname ".html") "")))
-						       ;; testing if procedures called in a remote call cause problems (ans: no or so I suspect)
-						       (tdb:teststep-set-status! test-id stepname "end" exinfo #f logfna work-area: work-area))
+						       (rmt:teststep-set-status! test-id stepname "end" exinfo #f logfna))
 						     (if logpro-used
 							 (rmt:test-set-log! test-id (conc stepname ".html")))
 						     ;; set the test final status
 						     (let* ((this-step-status (cond
 									       ((and (eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 2) logpro-used) 'warn)