diff --git a/test/unit/xmalloc.c b/test/unit/xmalloc.c
index 36f768b834dfd823a02e52d8af737742fb86127f..9c836de53999244653c1e2684bdb06f1cf4b4e68 100644
--- a/test/unit/xmalloc.c
+++ b/test/unit/xmalloc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define UNIT_TAP_COMPATIBLE 1
 #include "unit.h"
 #include "trivia/util.h"
 
diff --git a/test/unit/xmalloc.result b/test/unit/xmalloc.result
deleted file mode 100644
index 82b61ba5dc2ea1784e64671384b02f7d831dda0e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/unit/xmalloc.result
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-	*** main ***
-1..5
-	*** test_xmalloc ***
-    1..1
-    ok 1 - p != NULL
-ok 1 - subtests
-	*** test_xmalloc: done ***
-	*** test_xcalloc ***
-    1..2
-    ok 1 - p != NULL
-    ok 2 - p is zeroed
-ok 2 - subtests
-	*** test_xcalloc: done ***
-	*** test_xrealloc ***
-    1..3
-    ok 1 - p != NULL on alloc
-    ok 2 - p != NULL on realloc
-    ok 3 - p is same after realloc
-ok 3 - subtests
-	*** test_xrealloc: done ***
-	*** test_xstrdup ***
-    1..3
-    ok 1 - s != NULL
-    ok 2 - copy != NULL
-    ok 3 - strcmp(s, copy) == 0
-ok 4 - subtests
-	*** test_xstrdup: done ***
-	*** test_xstrndup ***
-    1..6
-    ok 1 - s != NULL
-    ok 2 - copy != NULL
-    ok 3 - strlen(copy) == n
-    ok 4 - strncmp(s, copy, n) == 0
-    ok 5 - strncmp(s, copy, n + 1) > 0
-    ok 6 - strcmp(s, copy) > 0
-ok 5 - subtests
-	*** test_xstrndup: done ***
-	*** main: done ***