diff --git a/test/message/node_run_list.js b/test/message/node_run_list.js
index aef49734615d..33622e8f35fd 100644
--- a/test/message/node_run_list.js
+++ b/test/message/node_run_list.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const child = childProcess.spawnSync(
   process.execPath,
   [ '--no-warnings', '--run'],
-  { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script'), encoding: 'utf8' },
+  { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script'), encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit'] },
 );
 assert.strictEqual(child.status, 9);
-console.log(child.stderr);