diff --git a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
index df2714c6cfe0..24651c236b7a 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 )
 
-const useDebugDB = false
-
 func TestStoreType(t *testing.T) {
 	db := dbm.NewMemDB()
 	store := NewStore(db)
@@ -39,9 +37,6 @@ func TestStoreMount(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCacheMultiStoreWithVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	var db dbm.DB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-	if useDebugDB {
-		db = dbm.NewDebugDB("CMS", db)
-	}
 	ms := newMultiStoreWithMounts(db)
 	err := ms.LoadLatestVersion()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
@@ -79,9 +74,6 @@ func TestCacheMultiStoreWithVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestHashStableWithEmptyCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	var db dbm.DB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-	if useDebugDB {
-		db = dbm.NewDebugDB("CMS", db)
-	}
 	ms := newMultiStoreWithMounts(db)
 	err := ms.LoadLatestVersion()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
@@ -106,9 +98,6 @@ func TestHashStableWithEmptyCommit(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMultistoreCommitLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	var db dbm.DB = dbm.NewMemDB()
-	if useDebugDB {
-		db = dbm.NewDebugDB("CMS", db)
-	}
 	store := newMultiStoreWithMounts(db)
 	err := store.LoadLatestVersion()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
diff --git a/tests/gobash.go b/tests/gobash.go
index e7bcaa100c82..02a113574237 100644
--- a/tests/gobash.go
+++ b/tests/gobash.go
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
 )
 
 // ExecuteT executes the command, pipes any input to STDIN and return STDOUT,
 // logging STDOUT/STDERR to t.
 // nolint: errcheck
 func ExecuteT(t *testing.T, cmd, input string) (stdout, stderr string) {
-	t.Log("Running", cmn.Cyan(cmd))
+	t.Log("Running", cmd)
 
 	// split cmd to name and args
 	split := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
@@ -43,11 +42,11 @@ func ExecuteT(t *testing.T, cmd, input string) (stdout, stderr string) {
 	proc.Wait()
 
 	if len(outbz) > 0 {
-		t.Log("Stdout:", cmn.Green(string(outbz)))
+		t.Log("Stdout:", string(outbz))
 	}
 
 	if len(errbz) > 0 {
-		t.Log("Stderr:", cmn.Red(string(errbz)))
+		t.Log("Stderr:", string(errbz))
 	}
 
 	stdout = strings.Trim(string(outbz), "\n")
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func ExecuteT(t *testing.T, cmd, input string) (stdout, stderr string) {
 // Execute the command, launch goroutines to log stdout/err to t.
 // Caller should wait for .Wait() or .Stop() to terminate.
 func GoExecuteT(t *testing.T, cmd string) (proc *Process) {
-	t.Log("Running", cmn.Cyan(cmd))
+	t.Log("Running", cmd)
 
 	// Split cmd to name and args.
 	split := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ func GoExecuteT(t *testing.T, cmd string) (proc *Process) {
 
 // Same as GoExecuteT but spawns a go routine to ReadAll off stdout.
 func GoExecuteTWithStdout(t *testing.T, cmd string) (proc *Process) {
-	t.Log("Running", cmn.Cyan(cmd))
+	t.Log("Running", cmd)
 
 	// Split cmd to name and args.
 	split := strings.Split(cmd, " ")