diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
index 7329ac4a98cdc..94b4c0c9aa017 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisStreamSuite.scala
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ class KinesisStreamSuite extends FunSuite
     testUtils.deleteDynamoDBTable(kinesisAppName)
   }
 
-  if (shouldRunTests) {
+  if (KinesisStreamSuite.shouldRunTests) {
 
     test("basic operation") {
       val conf = new SparkConf()
         .setMaster("local[4]")
-        .setAppName(kinesisAppName)  // Setting Spark app name to Kinesis app name
+        .setAppName(kinesisAppName) // Setting Spark app name to Kinesis app name
       ssc = new StreamingContext(conf, Milliseconds(1000))
       //val stream = KinesisUtils.createStream(ssc, testUtils.streamName, testUtils.endpointUrl,
       //  Seconds(10), InitialPositionInStream.LATEST, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ class KinesisStreamSuite extends FunSuite
       }
     }
   }
+}
 
-  def shouldRunTests: Boolean = {
+object KinesisStreamSuite {
+  def shouldRunTests(): Boolean = {
     val isSystemVariableSet = true // sys.env.get("RUN_KINESIS_STREAM_TESTS").nonEmpty
     def isCredentialsAvailable: Boolean = Try {
       new DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain().getCredentials
diff --git a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisTestUtils.scala b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisTestUtils.scala
index 97399036d8fa4..e193add0791da 100644
--- a/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisTestUtils.scala
+++ b/extras/kinesis-asl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisTestUtils.scala
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class KinesisTestUtils(val endpointUrl: String, _regionName: String = "") extend
 
   /**
    * Push data to Kinesis stream and return a map of
-   *  shardId -> seq of (data, seq number) pushed to corresponding shard
+   * shardId -> seq of (data, seq number) pushed to corresponding shard
    */
   def pushData(testData: Seq[Int]): Map[String, Seq[(Int, String)]] = {
     require(streamCreated, "Stream not yet created, call createStream() to create one")
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class KinesisTestUtils(val endpointUrl: String, _regionName: String = "") extend
   }
 
   def deleteDynamoDBTable(tableName: String): Unit = {
-
     try {
       val table = dynamoDB.getTable(tableName)
       table.delete()
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ class KinesisTestUtils(val endpointUrl: String, _regionName: String = "") extend
       Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(describeStreamPollTimeSeconds))
       describeStream(streamNameToWaitFor).foreach { description =>
         val streamStatus = description.getStreamStatus()
-        println(s"\t- current state: $streamStatus\n")
+        logDebug(s"\t- current state: $streamStatus\n")
         if ("ACTIVE".equals(streamStatus)) {
           return
         }