diff --git a/test/bioprinttest.c b/test/bioprinttest.c
index 8ae0a5a04b9dff3c79428980746f775aa6030750..3034cda6ec9e4f8b3db5741d6510a6ed758d7ab0 100644
--- a/test/bioprinttest.c
+++ b/test/bioprinttest.c
@@ -261,18 +261,6 @@ void test_close_streams(void)
 {
 }
 
-int test_puts_stdout(const char *str)
-{
-    return fputs(str, stdout);
-}
-
-int test_puts_stderr(const char *str)
-{
-    return fputs(str, stderr);
-}
-
-static char vprint_buf[10240];
-
 /*
  * This works out as long as caller doesn't use any "fancy" formats.
  * But we are caller's caller, and test_str_eq is the only one called,
@@ -280,20 +268,12 @@ static char vprint_buf[10240];
  */
 int test_vprintf_stdout(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-    size_t len = vsnprintf(vprint_buf, sizeof(vprint_buf), fmt, ap);
-
-    if (len >= sizeof(vprint_buf))
-        return -1;
-    return test_puts_stdout(vprint_buf);
+    return vfprintf(stdout, fmt, ap);
 }
 
 int test_vprintf_stderr(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-    size_t len = vsnprintf(vprint_buf, sizeof(vprint_buf), fmt, ap);
-
-    if (len >= sizeof(vprint_buf))
-        return -1;
-    return test_puts_stderr(vprint_buf);
+    return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
 }
 
 int test_flush_stdout(void)
diff --git a/test/testutil/basic_output.c b/test/testutil/basic_output.c
index 8cf5def7140055615110f07b790d2ebfefbed7f3..6e1f99a5adbdac167a42c7193513e2fcd6df90d3 100644
--- a/test/testutil/basic_output.c
+++ b/test/testutil/basic_output.c
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@ void test_close_streams(void)
     BIO_free(bio_err);
 }
 
-int test_puts_stdout(const char *str)
-{
-    return BIO_puts(bio_out, str);
-}
-
-int test_puts_stderr(const char *str)
-{
-    return BIO_puts(bio_err, str);
-}
-
 int test_vprintf_stdout(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     return BIO_vprintf(bio_out, fmt, ap);
diff --git a/test/testutil/output.h b/test/testutil/output.h
index 1ca12d289fc0f57e514a53ebc5e8c96a30be3c75..7c03affcc830d319ab83c31e320f408f288dd5e2 100644
--- a/test/testutil/output.h
+++ b/test/testutil/output.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 void test_open_streams(void);
 void test_close_streams(void);
 /* The following ALL return the number of characters written */
-int test_puts_stdout(const char *str);
-int test_puts_stderr(const char *str);
 int test_vprintf_stdout(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 int test_vprintf_stderr(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 /* These return failure or success */
diff --git a/test/testutil/test_main.c b/test/testutil/test_main.c
index 7c9843c01c582d62c7ff75813e881fe64f6948d2..3fa08b6402061c85e48722611d73528fd0e2815c 100644
--- a/test/testutil/test_main.c
+++ b/test/testutil/test_main.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 int test_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     if (argc > 1)
-        test_puts_stderr("Warning: ignoring extra command-line arguments.\n");
+        test_printf_stderr("Warning: ignoring extra command-line arguments.\n");
 
     register_tests();
     return run_tests(argv[0]);
diff --git a/test/testutil/tests.c b/test/testutil/tests.c
index 0efaa064b6fab265937a6db38be4b1211e9c0676..19a366f34c1d73a091c9ae63882e162ae5fb0188 100644
--- a/test/testutil/tests.c
+++ b/test/testutil/tests.c
@@ -49,19 +49,17 @@ static void test_fail_message(const char *prefix, const char *file, int line,
 static void test_fail_message_va(const char *prefix, const char *file, int line,
                                  const char *type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-    test_printf_stderr("%*s# ", subtest_level(), "");
-    test_puts_stderr(prefix != NULL ? prefix : "ERROR");
-    test_puts_stderr(":");
+    test_printf_stderr("%*s# %s: ", subtest_level(), "",
+                       prefix != NULL ? prefix : "ERROR");
     if (type)
-        test_printf_stderr(" (%s)", type);
+        test_printf_stderr("(%s)", type);
     if (fmt != NULL) {
-        test_puts_stderr(" ");
         test_vprintf_stderr(fmt, ap);
     }
     if (file != NULL) {
         test_printf_stderr(" @ %s:%d", file, line);
     }
-    test_puts_stderr("\n");
+    test_printf_stderr("\n");
     test_flush_stderr();
 }