diff --git a/test/core/test_nothrow_new.cpp b/test/core/test_nothrow_new.cpp
index eb3c195d403c3..4f1a7334dcb1e 100644
--- a/test/core/test_nothrow_new.cpp
+++ b/test/core/test_nothrow_new.cpp
@@ -3,18 +3,14 @@
 // University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.  Both these licenses can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <new>
 
-char* data;
-
 int main() {
-  data = new (std::nothrow) char[20 * 1024 * 1024];
-  if (data == nullptr) {
-    std::cout << "success" << std::endl;
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    std::cout << "failure" << std::endl;
-    return 1;
-  }
+  char* data = new (std::nothrow) char[20 * 1024 * 1024];
+  printf("data: %p\n", data);
+  assert(data == nullptr);
+  printf("success\n");
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/core/test_nothrow_new.out b/test/core/test_nothrow_new.out
index 2e9ba477f89e8..dee5a560282b5 100644
--- a/test/core/test_nothrow_new.out
+++ b/test/core/test_nothrow_new.out
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+data: 0
 success