diff --git a/tests/evtimer_msg/tests/01-run.py b/tests/evtimer_msg/tests/01-run.py
index f003e162b96797c442598abb993632b29c43c11b..e8523ea80b6345c7dc9445bdd434fea046e93094 100755
--- a/tests/evtimer_msg/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/evtimer_msg/tests/01-run.py
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def testfunc(child):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTTOOLS'], 'testrunner'))
     from testrunner import run
-    sys.exit(run(testfunc, echo=False))
+    sys.exit(run(testfunc))