diff --git a/test_nrd/README.md b/test_nrd/README.md
index 231c1b1..a428080 100644
--- a/test_nrd/README.md
+++ b/test_nrd/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Test correctness of NRD prefix registration and FIB updates (without ForwardingFlags processing).
 
 1. Modify $HOME/.ndn/client.conf to choose "protocol=nrd-0.1".
-2. Start NFD and NRD.
+2. Start NFD.
 3. Run nfd-status to obtain FIB.
 4. Start ndn-traffic-server; configuration has one or more non-overlapping prefixes.
 5. Run nfd-status to obtain FIB. Compare new FIB to the FIB from step 3, and determine whether FIB entry is inserted
diff --git a/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh b/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh
index 022cfc3..83407fb 100755
--- a/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh
+++ b/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 }
 mkdir -p logs
 
-# start nfd and nrd
-echo "starting nfd and nrd..."
+# start nfd
+echo "starting nfd..."
 sudo nfd > logs/nfd.log 2>&1 &
-sleep 3
-nrd &> logs/nrd.log &
 sleep 10
 
 # check fib before server starts