diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
index effa9630..8891195c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParserTest.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
         List<CSVRecord> records = parser.getRecords();
         assertTrue(records.size() > 0);
 
-        assertTrue(CSVPrinterTest.equals(res, records));
+        Utils.compare("", res, records);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
         List<CSVRecord> records = parser.getRecords();
         assertTrue(records.size() > 0);
 
-        assertTrue("Failed to parse without comments", CSVPrinterTest.equals(res, records));
+        Utils.compare("Failed to parse without comments", res, records);
 
         String[][] res_comments = {
                 {"a", "b#"},
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public class CSVParserTest {
         parser = new CSVParser(code, format);
         records = parser.getRecords();
         
-        assertTrue("Failed to parse with comments",CSVPrinterTest.equals(res_comments, records));
+        Utils.compare("Failed to parse with comments", res_comments, records);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinterTest.java
index 52b7c56e..0be25f95 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVPrinterTest.java
@@ -181,37 +181,7 @@ public class CSVPrinterTest {
         CSVParser parser = new CSVParser(result, format);
         List<CSVRecord> parseResult = parser.getRecords();
 
-        if (!equals(lines, parseResult)) {
-            System.out.println("Printer output :" + printable(result));
-            assertTrue(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static boolean equals(String[][] a, List<CSVRecord> b) {
-        if (a.length != b.size()) {
-            System.out.println("expected length  :" + a.length);
-            System.out.println("got              :" + b.size());
-            return false;
-        }
-        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
-            String[] linea = a[i];
-            String[] lineb = b.get(i).values();
-            if (linea.length != lineb.length) {
-                System.out.println("[" + i + "] expected length  :" + linea.length);
-                System.out.println("[" + i + "] got              :" + lineb.length);
-                return false;
-            }
-            for (int j = 0; j < linea.length; j++) {
-                String aval = linea[j];
-                String bval = lineb[j];
-                if (!aval.equals(bval)) {
-                    System.out.println("[" + i + "," + j + "] expected  :" + printable(aval));
-                    System.out.println("[" + i + "," + j + "] got       :" + printable(bval));
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
+        Utils.compare("Printer output :" + printable(result), lines, parseResult);
     }
 
     public static String printable(String s) {