diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
index b2af8a6c9c330267f15f4065727dd0e8eb773d74..493143641b04cdbb979c7dd932e4144c4010e50c 100755
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/tests/test_llcorehttp_peer.py
@@ -283,16 +283,10 @@ class Server(HTTPServer):
     # default behavior which *shouldn't* cause the program to return
     # a failure status.
     def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
-        print >>sys.stderr, '-'*40
-        print >>sys.stderr, 'Ignoring exception during processing of request from', client_address
-        print >>sys.stderr, '-'*40
-
-    def shutdown_request(self, *args, **kwds):
-        try:
-            # just forward to base-class method, but wrap in try/except
-            HTTPServer.shutdown_request(self, *args, **kwds)
-        except Exception as err:
-            print >>sys.stderr, "Once more ignoring: %s" % err
+        print '-'*40
+        print 'Ignoring exception during processing of request from',
+        print client_address
+        print '-'*40
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     do_valgrind = False