diff --git a/tests/00-doxygen/Makefile b/tests/00-doxygen/Makefile
index ba3600b79..9802dc9c7 100644
--- a/tests/00-doxygen/Makefile
+++ b/tests/00-doxygen/Makefile
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ summary: doxygen
 	@( \
 		1> summary; \
 		if [ -s doxygen.runerr ] ; then \
-			echo "doxygen: FAIL ಠ_ಠ\nDoxygen caused some errors. Please fix these." >> summary; \
+			echo "doxygen: FAIL\nDoxygen caused some errors. Please fix these." >> summary; \
 			echo "Errors:" >> summary; \
 			cat doxygen.runerr >> summary; \
 			echo >> summary; \
 		fi ; \
 		if [ -s $(DOCDIR)/doxygen.log ] ; then \
-			echo "doxygen: FAIL ಠ_ಠ\nDoxygen caused some warnings. Please fix these." >> summary; \
+			echo "doxygen: FAIL\nDoxygen caused some warnings. Please fix these." >> summary; \
 			echo "Warnings:" >> summary; \
 			cat $(DOCDIR)/doxygen.log >> summary; \
 		fi ; \
diff --git a/tests/05-compile-tools/Makefile b/tests/05-compile-tools/Makefile
index 7d571f772..179303b53 100644
--- a/tests/05-compile-tools/Makefile
+++ b/tests/05-compile-tools/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ summary: $(LOGS)
 	@(\
 		for T in $(TOOLS) ; do \
 			if [ -f $$T.log.failed  ] ; then \
-				echo tools/$$T: FAIL ಠ_ಠ >> $@;\
+				echo tools/$$T: FAIL >> $@;\
 				cat $$T.log >> $@;\
 			else \
 				echo tools/$$T: OK >> $@;\
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.compile-test b/tests/Makefile.compile-test
index fa0f1cf79..70e537ac8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.compile-test
+++ b/tests/Makefile.compile-test
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ tools:
 	@$(foreach tool, $(TOOLS), \
            (((cd $(TOOLSDIR)/$(tool); make) > $(tool).report 2>&1) && \
              (echo $(tool): OK | tee $(tool).summary) || \
-             (echo $(tool): FAIL ಠ_ಠ | tee $(tool).summary ; \
+             (echo $(tool): FAIL | tee $(tool).summary ; \
                 tail -10 $(tool).report > $(tool).faillog)) ; )
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tests/simexec.sh b/tests/simexec.sh
index 0751930e7..bfdb19d6c 100755
--- a/tests/simexec.sh
+++ b/tests/simexec.sh
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ done
 
 if [ $TESTCOUNT -ne $OKCOUNT ] ; then
 	# At least one test failed
-	echo "$BASENAME: TEST FAIL ಠ_ಠ ($OKCOUNT/$TESTCOUNT, failed seeds:$FAILSEEDS)" > $BASENAME.testlog;
+	printf "%-32s TEST FAIL  %3d/%d -- failed seeds:%s\n" "$BASENAME" "$OKCOUNT" "$TESTCOUNT" "$FAILSEEDS" > $BASENAME.testlog;
 else
-	echo "$BASENAME: TEST OK ($OKCOUNT/$TESTCOUNT)" > $BASENAME.testlog;
+	printf "%-32s TEST OK    %3d/%d\n" "$BASENAME" "$OKCOUNT" "$TESTCOUNT" > $BASENAME.testlog;
 fi
 
 # We do not want Make to stop -> Return 0