diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
index a1edf86aa3..8d4a52d38c 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/base.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ export class BaseReporter implements Reporter  {
   suite!: Suite;
   totalTestCount = 0;
   result!: FullResult;
-  fileDurations = new Map<string, number>();
-  monotonicStartTime: number = 0;
-  private printTestOutput = !process.env.PWTEST_SKIP_TEST_OUTPUT;
-  protected _omitFailures: boolean;
+  private fileDurations = new Map<string, number>();
+  private monotonicStartTime: number = 0;
+  private _omitFailures: boolean;
   private readonly _ttyWidthForTest: number;
 
   constructor(options: { omitFailures?: boolean } = {}) {
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ export class BaseReporter implements Reporter  {
     failures.forEach((test, index) => {
       console.log(formatFailure(this.config, test, {
         index: index + 1,
-        includeStdio: this.printTestOutput
       }).message);
     });
   }
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
index ccbde11dfb..faa9c4b018 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-base.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import { test, expect, stripAscii } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import colors from 'colors/safe';
 
 test('handle long test names', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const title = 'title'.repeat(30);
@@ -176,28 +175,6 @@ test('should not print slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(stripAscii(result.output)).not.toContain('Slow test');
 });
 
-test('should print stdio for failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.test.js': `
-      const { test } = pwt;
-      test('fails', async ({}) => {
-        console.log('my log 1');
-        console.error('my error');
-        console.log('my log 2');
-        expect(1).toBe(2);
-      });
-    `,
-  }, {}, { PWTEST_SKIP_TEST_OUTPUT: '' });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.output).toContain('Test output');
-  expect(result.output).toContain([
-    'my log 1\n',
-    colors.red('my error\n'),
-    'my log 2\n',
-  ].join(''));
-});
-
 test('should print flaky failures', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
     'a.spec.ts': `