diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -3,13 +3,8 @@
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 TESTS += test/test_bitcoin
-if TRAVIS_WORKAROUND
-LOG_DRIVER = $(srcdir)/test/printing-test-driver
-EXTRA_DIST += test/printing-test-driver
-else
-LOG_DRIVER = $(srcdir)/test/test-driver
-EXTRA_DIST += test/test-driver
-endif
+LOG_DRIVER = $(srcdir)/test/test-bitcoin-driver
+EXTRA_DIST += test/test-bitcoin-driver
 bin_PROGRAMS += test/test_bitcoin
 noinst_PROGRAMS += test/test_bitcoin_fuzzy
 TEST_SRCDIR = test
diff --git a/src/test/printing-test-driver b/src/test/test-bitcoin-driver
rename from src/test/printing-test-driver
rename to src/test/test-bitcoin-driver
--- a/src/test/printing-test-driver
+++ b/src/test/test-bitcoin-driver
@@ -103,9 +103,23 @@
 trap "st=141; $do_exit" 13
 trap "st=143; $do_exit" 15
 
+
 # Test script is run here.
-"$@" | tee $log_file 2>&1
+# If TRAVIS_NOHANG_WORKAROUND is defined, also print
+# to stdout -- to keep Travis happy and from timing out.
+
+# temporarily allow undefined variables for the below line
+set +u 
+if [ -n "$TRAVIS_NOHANG_WORKAROUND" ]; then
+	"$@" | tee $log_file 2>&1
+else
+	"$@" >$log_file 2>&1
+fi
 estatus=$?
+# got back to undefined is bad mode....
+set -u
+
+
 
 if test $enable_hard_errors = no && test $estatus -eq 99; then
   tweaked_estatus=1
diff --git a/src/test/test-driver b/src/test/test-driver
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/src/test/test-driver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# test-driver - basic testsuite driver script.
-
-scriptversion=2013-07-13.22; # UTC
-
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
-# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
-# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
-# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
-
-# This file is maintained in Automake, please report
-# bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org> or send patches to
-# <automake-patches@gnu.org>.
-
-# Make unconditional expansion of undefined variables an error.  This
-# helps a lot in preventing typo-related bugs.
-set -u
-
-usage_error ()
-{
-  echo "$0: $*" >&2
-  print_usage >&2
-  exit 2
-}
-
-print_usage ()
-{
-  cat <<END
-Usage:
-  test-driver --test-name=NAME --log-file=PATH --trs-file=PATH
-              [--expect-failure={yes|no}] [--color-tests={yes|no}]
-              [--enable-hard-errors={yes|no}] [--]
-              TEST-SCRIPT [TEST-SCRIPT-ARGUMENTS]
-The '--test-name', '--log-file' and '--trs-file' options are mandatory.
-END
-}
-
-test_name= # Used for reporting.
-log_file=  # Where to save the output of the test script.
-trs_file=  # Where to save the metadata of the test run.
-expect_failure=no
-color_tests=no
-enable_hard_errors=yes
-while test $# -gt 0; do
-  case $1 in
-  --help) print_usage; exit $?;;
-  --version) echo "test-driver $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
-  --test-name) test_name=$2; shift;;
-  --log-file) log_file=$2; shift;;
-  --trs-file) trs_file=$2; shift;;
-  --color-tests) color_tests=$2; shift;;
-  --expect-failure) expect_failure=$2; shift;;
-  --enable-hard-errors) enable_hard_errors=$2; shift;;
-  --) shift; break;;
-  -*) usage_error "invalid option: '$1'";;
-   *) break;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-missing_opts=
-test x"$test_name" = x && missing_opts="$missing_opts --test-name"
-test x"$log_file"  = x && missing_opts="$missing_opts --log-file"
-test x"$trs_file"  = x && missing_opts="$missing_opts --trs-file"
-if test x"$missing_opts" != x; then
-  usage_error "the following mandatory options are missing:$missing_opts"
-fi
-
-if test $# -eq 0; then
-  usage_error "missing argument"
-fi
-
-if test $color_tests = yes; then
-  # Keep this in sync with 'lib/am/check.am:$(am__tty_colors)'.
-  red='' # Red.
-  grn='' # Green.
-  lgn='' # Light green.
-  blu='' # Blue.
-  mgn='' # Magenta.
-  std=''     # No color.
-else
-  red= grn= lgn= blu= mgn= std=
-fi
-
-do_exit='rm -f $log_file $trs_file; (exit $st); exit $st'
-trap "st=129; $do_exit" 1
-trap "st=130; $do_exit" 2
-trap "st=141; $do_exit" 13
-trap "st=143; $do_exit" 15
-
-# Test script is run here.
-"$@" >$log_file 2>&1
-estatus=$?
-
-if test $enable_hard_errors = no && test $estatus -eq 99; then
-  tweaked_estatus=1
-else
-  tweaked_estatus=$estatus
-fi
-
-case $tweaked_estatus:$expect_failure in
-  0:yes) col=$red res=XPASS recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;
-  0:*)   col=$grn res=PASS  recheck=no  gcopy=no;;
-  77:*)  col=$blu res=SKIP  recheck=no  gcopy=yes;;
-  99:*)  col=$mgn res=ERROR recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;
-  *:yes) col=$lgn res=XFAIL recheck=no  gcopy=yes;;
-  *:*)   col=$red res=FAIL  recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;
-esac
-
-# Report the test outcome and exit status in the logs, so that one can
-# know whether the test passed or failed simply by looking at the '.log'
-# file, without the need of also peaking into the corresponding '.trs'
-# file (automake bug#11814).
-echo "$res $test_name (exit status: $estatus)" >>$log_file
-
-# Report outcome to console.
-echo "${col}${res}${std}: $test_name"
-
-# Register the test result, and other relevant metadata.
-echo ":test-result: $res" > $trs_file
-echo ":global-test-result: $res" >> $trs_file
-echo ":recheck: $recheck" >> $trs_file
-echo ":copy-in-global-log: $gcopy" >> $trs_file
-
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: shell-script
-# sh-indentation: 2
-# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
-# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
-# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC"
-# End: