diff --git a/tests/test_mpsd_software.py b/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
index d119fcbb8d2ba76d0227c88eb4b0003b7305e6a5..85b834d143cba06670c8ab9b5362e76f97977d31 100644
--- a/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
+++ b/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
@@ -804,13 +804,16 @@ def test_remove_package_sets(tmp_path, simple_toolchain):
 def test_remove_global_package_sets():
     """Test removal of global package_sets via spack."""
     root_dir = Path("/tmp/test_global_generic")
+    release_to_test = "dev-23a"
     if not root_dir.exists():
         # we need the sample spack instance with global_generic
         # this is already done in test_install_environment_zlib
         # so we just need to call it
         test_install_environment_zlib()
     # check that zlib and zstd are installed
-    spack_dir = root_dir / "dev-23a" / mod.get_native_microarchitecture() / "spack"
+    spack_dir = (
+        root_dir / release_to_test / mod.get_native_microarchitecture() / "spack"
+    )
     source_spack = (
         f"export SPACK_DIR={spack_dir} &&"
         f'. {spack_dir / "share" / "spack" / "setup-env.sh"}'
@@ -824,7 +827,7 @@ def test_remove_global_package_sets():
 
     # remove global_generic
     mod.remove_environment(
-        mpsd_release="dev-23a",
+        mpsd_release=release_to_test,
         root_dir=root_dir,
         package_sets=["global_generic"],
         force_remove=True,
@@ -842,6 +845,16 @@ def test_remove_global_package_sets():
         shell=True,
         check=True,
     )
+    # check that the logs directory contains a build log for remove cmd
+    # dev-23a_zen3_2023-08-11T15-55-54_BUILD_toolchain2_remove.log
+    logs_dir = root_dir / release_to_test / "logs"
+    # remove_build_log is the last log file in the list
+    remove_build_log = sorted(list(logs_dir.iterdir()))[-1]
+    assert "global_generic_remove.log" in remove_build_log.name
+    with open(remove_build_log, "r") as f:
+        logs = f.read()
+        assert "==> Successfully uninstalled zstd" in logs
+        assert "==> Successfully uninstalled zlib" in logs
 
 
 def test_interface(tmp_path):