diff --git a/tests/testutil b/tests/testutil
index 5f1536c9a387f1c74295a751332a02be6b6d3074_dGVzdHMvdGVzdHV0aWw=..23cb87c33a44ee81b0df5791eece75593a88caa9_dGVzdHMvdGVzdHV0aWw= 100755
--- a/tests/testutil
+++ b/tests/testutil
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 fn_git_rebase() {
     GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="2007-01-01 00:00:$count +0000"
     GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
-    git rebase "$@" >/dev/null || echo "git rebase error"
+    git rebase --quiet "$@" >/dev/null || echo "git rebase error"
     count=`expr $count + 1`
 }