diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
index 93ba4ebb50..4a4d960768 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ require 'testing_env'
 class UtilTests < Homebrew::TestCase
   def test_put_columns_empty
     # Issue #217 put columns with new results fails.
-    puts_columns []
+    assert_silent { puts_columns [] }
   end
 end