diff --git a/regtest/common.bash b/regtest/common.bash
index 234cd3e..f1ad6d1 100644
--- a/regtest/common.bash
+++ b/regtest/common.bash
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ function run_regtest()
 
      echo "LANG=en_EN.UTF-8 $NEWVER --regtest --no-progress -i${testiso} ${testeccopt} ${extra_args} ${testparms}" >>$LOGFILE 
      LANG=en_EN.UTF-8 $NEWVER --regtest --no-progress -i${testiso} ${testeccopt} ${extra_args} ${testparms} 2>&1 | tail -n +3  >>$NEWLOG 
-     ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-     if [ $ret != 0 ]; then
-        echo "NON-ZERO EXIT STATUS: $ret" >>$NEWLOG
-     fi
 
      if ! test -r $REFLOG; then
 	 echo -e "FAIL\n$REFLOG missing in log file database"