diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
index eac6057de6..0353fc0712 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ class TestNode():
             "-debugexclude=libevent",
             "-debugexclude=leveldb",
             "-mocktime=" + str(mocktime),
-            "-uacomment=testnode%d" % i,
-            "-noprinttoconsole"
+            "-uacomment=testnode%d" % i
         ]
 
         self.cli = TestNodeCLI(bitcoin_cli, self.datadir)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/util.py b/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
index 540727dc85..c7710cc89e 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/util.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ def initialize_datadir(dirname, n):
         f.write("keypool=1\n")
         f.write("discover=0\n")
         f.write("listenonion=0\n")
+        f.write("printtoconsole=0\n")
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(datadir, 'stderr'), exist_ok=True)
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(datadir, 'stdout'), exist_ok=True)
     return datadir