diff --git a/test/testsingleexecutor.cpp b/test/testsingleexecutor.cpp
index d681c7032944..75433393ba85 100644
--- a/test/testsingleexecutor.cpp
+++ b/test/testsingleexecutor.cpp
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ class TestSingleExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
             }
         }
 
-        settings.showtime = opt.showtime;
-        settings.quiet = opt.quiet;
+	Settings s = settings;
+        s.showtime = opt.showtime;
+        s.quiet = opt.quiet;
         if (opt.plistOutput)
-            settings.plistOutput = opt.plistOutput;
+            s.plistOutput = opt.plistOutput;
 
         bool executeCommandCalled = false;
         std::string exe;
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ class TestSingleExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
             args = std::move(a);
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         });
-        cppcheck.settings() = settings;
+        cppcheck.settings() = s;
 
         std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ScopedFile>> scopedfiles;
         scopedfiles.reserve(filemap.size());
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class TestSingleExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
         if (useFS)
             filemap.clear();
 
-        SingleExecutor executor(cppcheck, filemap, settings, settings.nomsg, *this);
+        SingleExecutor executor(cppcheck, filemap, s, s.nomsg, *this);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(result, executor.check());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(opt.executeCommandCalled, executeCommandCalled);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(opt.exe, exe);
diff --git a/test/testthreadexecutor.cpp b/test/testthreadexecutor.cpp
index 55d88b6d583f..6e27e694a663 100644
--- a/test/testthreadexecutor.cpp
+++ b/test/testthreadexecutor.cpp
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ class TestThreadExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
             }
         }
 
-        Settings settings1 = settings;
-        settings1.jobs = jobs;
-        settings1.showtime = opt.showtime;
-        settings1.quiet = opt.quiet;
+        Settings s = settings;
+        s.jobs = jobs;
+        s.showtime = opt.showtime;
+        s.quiet = opt.quiet;
         if (opt.plistOutput)
-            settings1.plistOutput = opt.plistOutput;
+            s.plistOutput = opt.plistOutput;
 
         bool executeCommandCalled = false;
         std::string exe;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TestThreadExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
         if (useFS)
             filemap.clear();
 
-        ThreadExecutor executor(filemap, settings1, settings1.nomsg, *this, executeFn);
+        ThreadExecutor executor(filemap, s, s.nomsg, *this, executeFn);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(result, executor.check());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(opt.executeCommandCalled, executeCommandCalled);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(opt.exe, exe);
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ class TestThreadExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
               "{\n"
               "  char *a = malloc(10);\n"
               "  return 0;\n"
-              "}", dinit(CheckOptions,
-                         $.showtime = SHOWTIME_MODES::SHOWTIME_SUMMARY));
+              "}", dinit(CheckOptions, $.showtime = SHOWTIME_MODES::SHOWTIME_SUMMARY));
     }
 
     void many_threads_plist() {
@@ -194,8 +193,7 @@ class TestThreadExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
               "{\n"
               "  char *a = malloc(10);\n"
               "  return 0;\n"
-              "}", dinit(CheckOptions,
-                         $.plistOutput = plistOutput.c_str()));
+              "}", dinit(CheckOptions, $.plistOutput = plistOutput.c_str()));
     }
 
     void no_errors_more_files() {
@@ -256,7 +254,9 @@ class TestThreadExecutorBase : public TestFixture {
               "  char *a = malloc(10);\n"
               "  return 0;\n"
               "}",
-              dinit(CheckOptions, $.filesList = files));
+              dinit(CheckOptions,
+		     $.quiet = false,
+			$.filesList = files));
         // TODO: order of "Checking" and "checked" is affected by thread
         /*TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("Checking " + fprefix() + "_2.cpp ...\n"
                            "1/4 files checked 25% done\n"