diff --git a/bin/utest/main.c b/bin/utest/main.c
index 84b8929a6..5ec5f46c6 100644
--- a/bin/utest/main.c
+++ b/bin/utest/main.c
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ static int running(void) {
   return pending;
 }
 
-const char *testname = NULL;
-
 static void run_test(sigset_t *mask, test_entry_t *te) {
   timeval_t tv = timestamp();
   const char *name = te->name;
@@ -118,8 +116,6 @@ static void run_test(sigset_t *mask, test_entry_t *te) {
     setpgid(0, 0);
     xsigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, mask, NULL);
 
-    testname = te->name;
-
     if (te->flags & TF_DEBUG)
       __verbose = 1;
 
diff --git a/bin/utest/utest.c b/bin/utest/utest.c
index f842e02ae..cd16f7a09 100644
--- a/bin/utest/utest.c
+++ b/bin/utest/utest.c
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ static void print_msg(const char *file, int line, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
 
   char *basename = strrchr(file, '/');
   file = basename ? basename + 1 : file;
-  res =
-    snprintf_ss(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s|%s:%d] ", testname ?: "?", file, line);
+  res = snprintf_ss(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s:%d] ", file, line);
   if (res < 0)
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   len += res;
diff --git a/bin/utest/utest.h b/bin/utest/utest.h
index b90a5ec31..7ef9e7818 100644
--- a/bin/utest/utest.h
+++ b/bin/utest/utest.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ typedef struct test_entry {
  */
 
 extern int __verbose;
-extern const char *testname;
 
 noreturn void __die(const char *file, int line, const char *fmt, ...);
 void __msg(const char *file, int line, const char *fmt, ...);