diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/cpu-parse.sh b/tests/cputestdata/cpu-parse.sh
index cd1ab024b33cf61ac249b84b3ccf7e71e79d57c3..96ff1074e0bfe0b8a2e7423b1ef2b56f33fef261 100755
--- a/tests/cputestdata/cpu-parse.sh
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/cpu-parse.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ json()
     while read; do
         $first || echo
         first=false
-        json_reformat <<<"$REPLY" | tr -s '\n'
+        $(dirname $0)/cpu-reformat.py <<<"$REPLY"
     done
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/cpu-reformat.py b/tests/cputestdata/cpu-reformat.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..999ef1698c7febf89f6c106561945d364a8bb7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/cpu-reformat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+import sys
+import json
+
+dec = json.JSONDecoder()
+data, pos = dec.raw_decode(sys.stdin.read())
+json.dump(data, sys.stdout, indent = 2, separators = (',', ': '))
+print