diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/elk/tests/run-test.py b/src/intel/compiler/elk/tests/run-test.py
index f90356138cd..1b85726e0d5 100755
--- a/src/intel/compiler/elk/tests/run-test.py
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/elk/tests/run-test.py
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ for asm_file in args.gen_folder.glob('*.asm'):
             '--gen', args.gen_name,
             asm_file
         ]
-        with subprocess.Popen(command,
-                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                              stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL) as cmd:
-            lines_after = [line.decode('ascii') for line in cmd.stdout.readlines()]
+        stdout = subprocess.check_output(command, timeout=1).decode()
+        lines_after = stdout.splitlines(keepends=True)
     except OSError as e:
         if e.errno == errno.ENOEXEC:
             print('Skipping due to inability to run host binaries.',
diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/tests/run-test.py b/src/intel/compiler/tests/run-test.py
index 6178a120496..5cf0d1506b6 100755
--- a/src/intel/compiler/tests/run-test.py
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/tests/run-test.py
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ for asm_file in args.gen_folder.glob('*.asm'):
             '--gen', args.gen_name,
             asm_file
         ]
-        with subprocess.Popen(command,
-                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                              stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL) as cmd:
-            lines_after = [line.decode('ascii') for line in cmd.stdout.readlines()]
+        stdout = subprocess.check_output(command, timeout=1).decode()
+        lines_after = stdout.splitlines(keepends=True)
     except OSError as e:
         if e.errno == errno.ENOEXEC:
             print('Skipping due to inability to run host binaries.',