diff --git a/test/pummel/test-net-timeout.js b/test/pummel/test-net-timeout.js
index 862f5ae0d6..c7b6764d88 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-net-timeout.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-net-timeout.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var echo_server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
   socket.addListener("timeout", function () {
     console.log("server timeout");
     timeouttime = new Date;
-    common.p(timeouttime);
+    console.dir(timeouttime);
     socket.destroy();
   });
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ client.addListener("data", function (chunk) {
     if (exchanges == 5) {
       console.log("wait for timeout - should come in " + timeout + " ms");
       starttime = new Date;
-      common.p(starttime);
+      console.dir(starttime);
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-c-ares.js b/test/simple/test-c-ares.js
index 8f93e89b8e..234cf13806 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-c-ares.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-c-ares.js
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ var dns = require("dns");
 // Try resolution without callback
 
 dns.getHostByName('localhost', function (error, result) {
-   common.p(result);
+   console.dir(result);
    assert.deepEqual(['127.0.0.1'], result);
 });
 
 dns.getHostByName('127.0.0.1', function (error, result) {
-   common.p(result);
+   console.dir(result);
    assert.deepEqual(['127.0.0.1'], result);
 });
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dns.lookup('::1', function (error, result, addressType) {
 
 dns.lookup('ipv6.google.com', function (error, result, addressType) {
    if (error) throw error;
-   common.p(arguments);
+   console.dir(arguments);
    //assert.equal('string', typeof result);
    assert.equal(6, addressType);
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-buffering.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-buffering.js
index c34e434dcf..ef9259e5cf 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-buffering.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-buffering.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function pwd (callback) {
 
 
 pwd(function (result) {
-  common.p(result);
+  console.dir(result);
   assert.equal(true, result.length > 1);
   assert.equal("\n", result[result.length-1]);
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-exec.js b/test/simple/test-exec.js
index c37d0ddcd9..b8e7577222 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-exec.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-exec.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exec("ls /", function (err, stdout, stderr) {
     assert.equal(false, err.killed);
   } else {
     success_count++;
-    common.p(stdout);
+    console.dir(stdout);
   }
 });
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exec("ls /DOES_NOT_EXIST", function (err, stdout, stderr) {
     console.log("stderr: " + JSON.stringify(stderr));
   } else {
     success_count++;
-    common.p(stdout);
+    console.dir(stdout);
     assert.equal(true, stdout != "");
   }
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js b/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
index 7623a95f46..5793ebb860 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fs.stat(".", function (err, stats) {
   if (err) {
     got_error = true;
   } else {
-    common.p(stats);
+    console.dir(stats);
     assert.ok(stats.mtime instanceof Date);
     success_count++;
   }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fs.lstat(".", function (err, stats) {
   if (err) {
     got_error = true;
   } else {
-    common.p(stats);
+    console.dir(stats);
     assert.ok(stats.mtime instanceof Date);
     success_count++;
   }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fs.open(".", "r", undefined, function(err, fd) {
     if (err) {
       got_error = true;
     } else {
-      common.p(stats);
+      console.dir(stats);
       assert.ok(stats.mtime instanceof Date);
       success_count++;
       fs.close(fd);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fs.open(".", "r", undefined, function(err, fd) {
     got_error = true;
   }
   if (stats) {
-    common.p(stats);
+    console.dir(stats);
     assert.ok(stats.mtime instanceof Date);
     success_count++;
   }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fs.stat(__filename, function (err, s) {
   if (err) {
     got_error = true;
   } else {
-    common.p(s);
+    console.dir(s);
     success_count++;
 
     console.log("isDirectory: " + JSON.stringify( s.isDirectory() ) );
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http.js b/test/simple/test-http.js
index 3d7fc3d065..899406dabb 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var server = http.Server(function (req, res) {
     assert.equal("GET", req.method);
     assert.equal("/hello", url.parse(req.url).pathname);
 
-    common.p(req.headers);
+    console.dir(req.headers);
     assert.equal(true, "accept" in req.headers);
     assert.equal("*/*", req.headers["accept"]);
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-net-binary.js b/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
index 6274ad8e64..e2687be5ad 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-net-binary.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ echoServer.addListener("listening", function() {
   });
 
   c.addListener("close", function () {
-    common.p(recv);
+    console.dir(recv);
     echoServer.close();
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/simple/test-readdir.js b/test/simple/test-readdir.js
index e89f42a55b..9012f935b0 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-readdir.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-readdir.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var files = ['are'
 
 console.log('readdirSync ' + readdirDir);
 var f = fs.readdirSync(readdirDir);
-common.p(f);
+console.dir(f);
 assert.deepEqual(files, f.sort());
 
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fs.readdir(readdirDir, function (err, f) {
     console.log("error");
     got_error = true;
   } else {
-    common.p(f);
+    console.dir(f);
     assert.deepEqual(files, f.sort());
   }
 });