diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index e787796d5bfee2a7e17f9507f611a263edc24474..bbe993642cafd93ec3ca7d84f1226143acfe1dfb 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ sub compare {
 
     $res = comparefiles($first, $sec);
     if ($res != 0) {
-        if(!$short) {
-            print " $text FAILED";
-        }
+        print " $text FAILED";
         return 1;
     }