diff --git a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_automount.py b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_automount.py
index 95721f2c15..27699c03df 100644
--- a/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_automount.py
+++ b/src/tests/multihost/alltests/test_automount.py
@@ -427,12 +427,8 @@ def test_008_wildcardsearch(self, multihost, indirect_nismaps,
         :expectedresults:
           1. Verify sssd doesn't use (cn=*)(objectclass=nisObject)
         """
-        auto_pcapfile = '/tmp/automount.pcap'
-        ldap_host = multihost.master[0].sys_hostname
-        tcpdump_cmd = 'tcpdump -s0 host %s -w %s' % (ldap_host, auto_pcapfile)
-        multihost.client[0].run_command(tcpdump_cmd, bg=True)
-        # pid_cmd = 'pidof tcpdump'
-        # pid = multihost.client[0].run_command(pid_cmd, raiseonerr=False)
+        client = sssdTools(multihost.client[0])
+        domain_name = client.get_domain_section_name()
         for service in ['sssd', 'autofs']:
             restart = 'systemctl restart %s' % service
             cmd = multihost.client[0].run_command(restart, raiseonerr=False)
@@ -447,27 +443,14 @@ def test_008_wildcardsearch(self, multihost, indirect_nismaps,
             if cmd.returncode != 0:
                 count += 1
         assert count == 0
-        kill_cmd = 'pkill tcpdump'
-        multihost.client[0].run_command(kill_cmd)
-        # get the pcap file in text format
-        conv_text = 'tshark -r %s -R ldap.filter'\
-                    ' -V -2 > /tmp/automount.txt' % (auto_pcapfile)
-        multihost.client[0].run_command(conv_text, raiseonerr=False)
         # get the file
-        multihost.client[0].transport.get_file('/tmp/automount.txt',
-                                               '/tmp/automount.txt')
-        with open('/tmp/automount.txt', 'r') as outfile:
-            tcpdump_ascii = outfile.read()
+        tcpdump_ascii = multihost.client[0].get_file_contents(f'/var/log/sssd/sssd_{domain_name}.log').decode('utf-8')
         for i in range(1, 10):
             key = 'foo%d' % i
             ldap_filter = r'\(\&\(cn=%s\)\(objectclass=nisObject\)\)' % key
             log_1 = re.compile(r'%s' % (ldap_filter))
             assert log_1.search(tcpdump_ascii)
 
-        # delete the pcap file
-        del_pcap = 'rm -f %s' % auto_pcapfile
-        multihost.client[0].run_command(del_pcap)
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('add_nisobject', ['/export'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.tier2
     def test_009_maps_after_coming_online(self, multihost, add_nisobject):