diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
index 9d0c1f601ba..37a82177f46 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ sub mtr_wait_blocking($) {
   }
 }
 
-# Start "mysqladmin shutdown" for a specific mysqld
+# Start "mysqladmin <command>" for a specific mysqld
 sub mtr_mysqladmin_start($$$) {
   my $srv= shift;
   my $command= shift;
@@ -738,9 +738,8 @@ sub mtr_mysqladmin_start($$$) {
   # Shutdown time must be high as slave may be in reconnect
   mtr_add_arg($args, "--shutdown_timeout=$adm_shutdown_tmo");
   mtr_add_arg($args, "$command");
-  my $path_mysqladmin_log= "$::opt_vardir/log/mysqladmin.log";
   my $pid= mtr_spawn($::exe_mysqladmin, $args,
-		     "", $path_mysqladmin_log, $path_mysqladmin_log, "",
+		     "", "", "", "",
 		     { append_log_file => 1 });
   mtr_verbose("mtr_mysqladmin_start, pid: $pid");
   return $pid;
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
index 758e98984b8..a2c16e1941a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
@@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ sub mtr_report_test_skipped ($) {
   {
     print "[ disabled ]  $tinfo->{'comment'}\n";
   }
-  else
+  elsif ( $tinfo->{'comment'} )
   {
     print "[ skipped ]   $tinfo->{'comment'}\n";
   }
+  else
+  {
+    print "[ skipped ]\n";
+  }
 }
 
 sub mtr_report_tests_not_skipped_though_disabled ($) {
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index d5d302027bd..a0a205a8973 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ use IO::Socket::INET;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use diagnostics;
 
 select(STDOUT);
 $| = 1; # Automatically flush STDOUT
@@ -1976,19 +1975,6 @@ sub kill_running_servers () {
     # This is different from terminating processes we have
     # started from this run of the script, this is terminating
     # leftovers from previous runs.
-
-    if ( ! -d $opt_vardir )
-    {
-      if ( -l $opt_vardir and ! -d readlink($opt_vardir) )
-      {
-	mtr_report("Removing $opt_vardir symlink without destination");
-	unlink($opt_vardir);
-      }
-      # The "var" dir does not exist already
-      # the processes that mtr_kill_leftovers start will write
-      # their log files to var/log so it should be created
-      mkpath("$opt_vardir/log");
-    }
     mtr_kill_leftovers();
    }
 }