diff --git a/src/test/runtests.sh b/src/test/runtests.sh
index 81edac2b..79c9a9b2 100755
--- a/src/test/runtests.sh
+++ b/src/test/runtests.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ checkit() {
 ret=0
 
 fail_on_out() {
-        # If FATAL_CHECKS is set, then fail when $out has output:
-        if [ -n "${FATAL_CHECKS}" ]; then
-                if [ -n "${out}" ]; then
-                        eerror "Last command failed and FATAL_CHECKS is set; failing"
-                        exit 1
-                fi
-        fi
+	if [ -n "${out}" ]; then
+		eerror "Last command failed; failing"
+		exit 1
+	fi
 }
 
 ebegin "Checking exported symbols in libeinfo.so (data)"
diff --git a/test/travis.sh b/test/travis.sh
index 8b49431b..9626894c 100755
--- a/test/travis.sh
+++ b/test/travis.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,4 @@ cpus=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF || echo 1)
 # make on TravisCI doesn't support -O yet
 make -j"${cpus}"
 
-# This make whitespace/etc. checks fatal.
-export FATAL_CHECKS=1
 make test