diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/StorageTool.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/StorageTool.scala
index c9f5139585225..fdc29c4b0c3dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/StorageTool.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/tools/StorageTool.scala
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ object StorageTool extends Logging {
     metaPropertiesEnsemble.verify(metaProperties.clusterId(), metaProperties.nodeId(),
       util.EnumSet.noneOf(classOf[VerificationFlag]))
 
-    stream.println(s"metaPropertiesEnsemble=$metaPropertiesEnsemble")
     val copier = new MetaPropertiesEnsemble.Copier(metaPropertiesEnsemble)
     if (!(ignoreFormatted || copier.logDirProps().isEmpty)) {
       val firstLogDir = copier.logDirProps().keySet().iterator().next()
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/tools/StorageToolTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/tools/StorageToolTest.scala
index 50a3bf12f0204..e0b4807f38f17 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/tools/StorageToolTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/tools/StorageToolTest.scala
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Found problem:
       val bootstrapMetadata = StorageTool.buildBootstrapMetadata(MetadataVersion.latestTesting(), None, "test format command")
       assertEquals(0, StorageTool.
         formatCommand(new PrintStream(stream), Seq(tempDir.toString), metaProperties, bootstrapMetadata, MetadataVersion.latestTesting(), ignoreFormatted = false))
-      assertTrue(stream.toString().split("\\r?\\n").exists(_.startsWith("Formatting %s".format(tempDir))))
+      assertTrue(stream.toString().startsWith("Formatting %s".format(tempDir)))
 
       try assertEquals(1, StorageTool.
         formatCommand(new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream()), Seq(tempDir.toString), metaProperties, bootstrapMetadata, MetadataVersion.latestTesting(), ignoreFormatted = false)) catch {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Found problem:
       val stream2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
       assertEquals(0, StorageTool.
         formatCommand(new PrintStream(stream2), Seq(tempDir.toString), metaProperties, bootstrapMetadata, MetadataVersion.latestTesting(), ignoreFormatted = true))
-      assertEquals(1, stream2.toString().split("\\r?\\n").count(_.startsWith("All of the log directories are already formatted")))
+      assertEquals("All of the log directories are already formatted.%n".format(), stream2.toString())
     } finally Utils.delete(tempDir)
   }