diff --git a/test/message/node_run_list.js b/test/message/node_run_list.js
index 24cb5656e285..c4f846e56705 100644
--- a/test/message/node_run_list.js
+++ b/test/message/node_run_list.js
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ require('../common');
 const { spawnSyncAndExit } = require('../common/child_process');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 
-const { child } = spawnSyncAndExit(
+spawnSyncAndExit(
   process.execPath,
   [ '--no-warnings', '--run'],
-  { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script'), encoding: 'utf8' },
+  { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script'), encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit'] },
   { status: 9, signal: null },
 );
-console.log(child.stderr);