diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/i18n.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/i18n.sh
index 090512e391d7c..f23ed2d63759e 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/i18n.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/i18n.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 echo --- Check i18n
-node scripts/i18n_check
+node scripts/i18n_check --quiet
diff --git a/src/dev/i18n_tools/bin/run_i18n_check.ts b/src/dev/i18n_tools/bin/run_i18n_check.ts
index 9d7265f84520f..ff00148ab3012 100644
--- a/src/dev/i18n_tools/bin/run_i18n_check.ts
+++ b/src/dev/i18n_tools/bin/run_i18n_check.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import { Listr } from 'listr2';
 import { run } from '@kbn/dev-cli-runner';
-import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import { getTimeReporter } from '@kbn/ci-stats-reporter';
 import { isFailError } from '@kbn/dev-cli-errors';
 import { I18nCheckTaskContext, MessageDescriptor } from '../types';
@@ -24,13 +23,7 @@ import {
 import { TaskReporter } from '../utils/task_reporter';
 import { flagFailError, isDefined, undefinedOrBoolean } from '../utils/verify_bin_flags';
 
-const toolingLog = new ToolingLog({
-  level: 'info',
-  writeTo: process.stdout,
-});
-
 const runStartTime = Date.now();
-const reportTime = getTimeReporter(toolingLog, 'scripts/i18n_check');
 
 const skipOnNoTranslations = ({ config }: I18nCheckTaskContext) =>
   !config?.translations.length && 'No translations found.';
@@ -50,9 +43,13 @@ run(
       namespace: namespace,
       fix = false,
       path,
+      silent,
+      quiet,
     },
     log,
   }) => {
+    const reportTime = getTimeReporter(log, 'scripts/i18n_check');
+
     if (
       fix &&
       (isDefined(ignoreIncompatible) ||
@@ -131,13 +128,15 @@ run(
       {
         concurrent: false,
         exitOnError: true,
-        renderer: process.env.CI ? 'verbose' : ('default' as any),
+        forceTTY: false,
+        renderer:
+          ((silent || quiet) && 'silent') || (process.env.CI ? 'verbose' : ('default' as any)),
       }
     );
 
     try {
       const messages: Map<string, MessageDescriptor[]> = new Map();
-      const taskReporter = new TaskReporter({ toolingLog });
+      const taskReporter = new TaskReporter({ toolingLog: log });
       await list.run({ messages, taskReporter });
 
       reportTime(runStartTime, 'total', {
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ run(
         reportTime(runStartTime, 'error', {
           success: false,
         });
+        log.error(error);
       } else {
         log.error('Unhandled exception!');
         log.error(error);