diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 1ec94c5794..6033500ca6 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1774,9 +1774,7 @@ end
     testdir = @__DIR__
     # Test parsing
     include("mpi.jl")
-    mpiexec() do cmd
-        run(`$cmd -n 2 $(Base.julia_cmd()) --project=$testdir $testdir/mpi.jl`)
-    end
+    success(pipeline(`$(mpiexec()) -n 2 $(Base.julia_cmd()) --project=$testdir $testdir/mpi.jl`; stderr))
     @test true
 end