diff --git a/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/old_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml b/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/old_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
index a4692c684d9..26c185946dd 100644
--- a/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/old_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/old_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ tasks:
 - mds_pre_upgrade:
 - print: "**** done mds pre-upgrade sequence"
 - install.upgrade:
+    # upgrade the single cluster node, which is running all the mon/mds/osd/mgr daemons
     mon.a:
       branch: quincy
-    mon.b:
-      branch: quincy
-- print: "**** done install.upgrade both hosts"
+- print: "**** done install.upgrade the host"
 - ceph.restart:
     daemons: [mon.*, mgr.*]
     mon-health-to-clog: false
diff --git a/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/upgraded_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml b/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/upgraded_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
index a68c3d921f9..e5ea8b19cef 100644
--- a/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/upgraded_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/fs/upgrade/featureful_client/upgraded_client/tasks/2-upgrade.yaml
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ tasks:
 - mds_pre_upgrade:
 - print: "**** done mds pre-upgrade sequence"
 - install.upgrade:
+    # upgrade the single cluster node, which is running all the mon/mds/osd/mgr daemons
     mon.a:
       branch: quincy
-    mon.b:
-      branch: quincy
-- print: "**** done install.upgrade both hosts"
+- print: "**** done install.upgrade the host"
 - ceph.restart:
     daemons: [mon.*, mgr.*]
     mon-health-to-clog: false