diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin-cend-hello.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin-cend-hello.c
index bc6b846db00..e422d5c52c2 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin-cend-hello.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin-cend-hello.c
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ run_test(void) {
         r = toku_logger_close(&logger); assert(r == 0);
     }
 
+    // redirect stderr
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     // run recovery
     r = tokudb_recover(TESTDIR, TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
     assert(r == 0);
diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin.c
index bf7de6c11f9..ed96d73ae51 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-cbegin.c
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ run_test(void) {
     r = toku_logger_close(&logger); assert(r == 0);
 
     // run recovery
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     r = tokudb_recover(TESTDIR, TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
-    printf("%s:%d %d\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, r);
     assert(r == 0);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-fopen-missing-file.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-fopen-missing-file.c
index 39300b15929..233e5d7d730 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-fopen-missing-file.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-fopen-missing-file.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ run_test(void) {
     r = toku_log_fopen(logger, NULL, TRUE, iname, filenum, treeflags);
     r = toku_logger_close(&logger); assert(r == 0);
 
+    // redirect stderr
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     // run recovery
     r = tokudb_recover(TESTDIR, TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
     assert(r == 0);
diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-hello.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-hello.c
index 5cd6fedafea..a62d2f18454 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-hello.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-hello.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ run_test(void) {
     r = toku_log_comment(logger, NULL, TRUE, 0, there); assert(r == 0);
     r = toku_logger_close(&logger); assert(r == 0);
 
+    // redirect stderr
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     // run recovery
     r = tokudb_recover(TESTDIR, TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
     assert(r == 0);
diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-datadir.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-datadir.c
index 4871d95bf54..2689976a099 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-datadir.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-datadir.c
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ run_test(void) {
     r = toku_log_comment(logger, NULL, TRUE, 0, hello);
     r = toku_logger_close(&logger); assert(r == 0);
 
+    // redirect stderr
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     // run recovery
     r = tokudb_recover("/junk", TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
     assert(r != 0);
diff --git a/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-log.c b/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-log.c
index a3b22b6b4c2..6794c77b17c 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-log.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/recovery-no-log.c
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ run_test(void) {
     system("rm -rf " TESTDIR);
     r = toku_os_mkdir(TESTDIR, S_IRWXU); assert(r == 0);
 
+    // redirect stderr
+    int devnul = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+    assert(devnul>=0);
+    r = dup2(devnul, fileno(stderr)); 	    assert(r==fileno(stderr));
+    r = close(devnul);                      assert(r==0);
+
     // run recovery
     r = tokudb_recover(TESTDIR, TESTDIR, 0, 0, 0); 
     assert(r != 0);