diff --git a/tests/xfs/096 b/tests/xfs/096
index b2719bc1..0ecf88f8 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/096
+++ b/tests/xfs/096
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ _mkfs_filter()
 	-e '/.*crc=/d' \
 	-e 's/ *$//' \
 	-e 's/ ftype=[01]//' \
+	-e '/^log stripe unit.*too large/d' \
+	-e '/^log stripe unit adjusted/d' \
    | grep -v parent
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ do
     fi
     echo "--- mkfs=$mkfs ---"
     export MKFS_OPTIONS="$mkfs"
-    _scratch_mkfs_xfs | _mkfs_filter
+    _scratch_mkfs_xfs 2>&1 | _mkfs_filter
     echo ""
     echo ""
 done
diff --git a/tests/xfs/096.external b/tests/xfs/096.external
index 91759041..95833c88 100644
--- a/tests/xfs/096.external
+++ b/tests/xfs/096.external
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ log stripe unit (262656) must be a multiple of the block size (4096)
 
 # test log stripe greater than LR size
 --- mkfs=-l version=2,su=266240 ---
-log stripe unit (266240 bytes) is too large (maximum is 256KiB)
-log stripe unit adjusted to 32KiB
 meta-data=DEV isize=256    agcount=N, agsize=N blks
 data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=N, imaxpct=N
          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks, unwritten=1
diff --git a/tests/xfs/096.internal b/tests/xfs/096.internal
index cf750377..7bf848c0 100644
--- a/tests/xfs/096.internal
+++ b/tests/xfs/096.internal
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ log stripe unit (262656) must be a multiple of the block size (4096)
 
 # test log stripe greater than LR size
 --- mkfs=-l version=2,su=266240 ---
-log stripe unit (266240 bytes) is too large (maximum is 256KiB)
-log stripe unit adjusted to 32KiB
 meta-data=DEV isize=256    agcount=N, agsize=N blks
 data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=N, imaxpct=N
          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks, unwritten=1
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ realtime =REALTIME               extsz=N, blocks=N, rtextents=N
 
 # same test but get log stripe from data stripe
 --- mkfs=-l version=2 -d su=266240,sw=1 ---
-log stripe unit (266240 bytes) is too large (maximum is 256KiB)
-log stripe unit adjusted to 32KiB
 meta-data=DEV isize=256    agcount=N, agsize=N blks
 data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=N, imaxpct=N
          =                       sunit=65     swidth=65 blks, unwritten=1