diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/search/postingshighlight/XPostingsHighlighterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/search/postingshighlight/XPostingsHighlighterTests.java
index d495e61ba78..df11d5ed87f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/search/postingshighlight/XPostingsHighlighterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/lucene/search/postingshighlight/XPostingsHighlighterTests.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 
 @LuceneTestCase.SuppressCodecs({"MockFixedIntBlock", "MockVariableIntBlock", "MockSep", "MockRandom", "Lucene3x"})
-@LuceneTestCase.SuppressSysoutChecks(bugUrl = "I print a lot of stuff")
 public class XPostingsHighlighterTests extends ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase {
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecTests.java
index 19f9502ccdf..8e6465b7ff1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/CodecTests.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.lucene.codecs.memory.MemoryPostingsFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield.PerFieldPostingsFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.pulsing.Pulsing41PostingsFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.simpletext.SimpleTextCodec;
-import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
-@LuceneTestCase.SuppressSysoutChecks(bugUrl="I am quite noisy")
 public class CodecTests extends ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase {
     
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase.java
index 23329b4688d..e6db1261dfc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.listeners.ReproduceInfoPrinter;
 @ThreadLeakScope(Scope.NONE)
 @TimeoutSuite(millis = TimeUnits.HOUR)
 @SuppressCodecs("Lucene3x")
+@LuceneTestCase.SuppressSysoutChecks(bugUrl = "we log a lot on purpose")
 public abstract class ElasticsearchLuceneTestCase extends LuceneTestCase {
 
     private static final Codec DEFAULT_CODEC = Codec.getDefault();