diff --git a/testing/ostest/sighand.c b/testing/ostest/sighand.c
index 2f209d532..a63744a7b 100644
--- a/testing/ostest/sighand.c
+++ b/testing/ostest/sighand.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ static sem_t sem1;
 static sem_t sem2;
 static bool sigreceived = false;
 static bool thread1exited = false;
-static bool thread2exited = false;
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Private Functions
@@ -86,15 +85,12 @@ static void wakeup_action(int signo, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
 
   /* Use of printf in a signal handler is NOT safe! It can cause deadlocks! */
 
-  printf("wakeup_action: Received signal %d\n" , signo);
-
   sigreceived = true;
 
   /* Check signo */
 
   if (signo != WAKEUP_SIGNAL)
     {
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR expected signo=%d\n" , WAKEUP_SIGNAL);
       ASSERT(false);
     }
 
@@ -102,59 +98,27 @@ static void wakeup_action(int signo, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
 
   if (info->si_value.sival_int != SIGVALUE_INT)
     {
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR sival_int=%d expected %d\n",
-              info->si_value.sival_int, SIGVALUE_INT);
       ASSERT(false);
     }
-  else
-    {
-      printf("wakeup_action: sival_int=%d\n" , info->si_value.sival_int);
-    }
 
   if (info->si_signo != WAKEUP_SIGNAL)
     {
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR expected si_signo=%d, got=%d\n",
-               WAKEUP_SIGNAL, info->si_signo);
       ASSERT(false);
     }
 
-  printf("wakeup_action: si_code=%d\n" , info->si_code);
-
-  /* Check ucontext_t */
-
-  printf("wakeup_action: ucontext=%p\n" , ucontext);
-
   /* Check sigprocmask */
 
   sigfillset(&allsigs);
   status = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, &oldset);
   if (status != OK)
     {
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR sigprocmask failed, status=%d\n",
-              status);
       ASSERT(false);
     }
 
   if (oldset != allsigs)
     {
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR sigprocmask=%jx expected=%jx\n",
-             (uintmax_t)oldset, (uintmax_t)allsigs);
       ASSERT(false);
     }
-
-  /* Checkout sem_wait */
-
-  status = sem_wait(&sem2);
-  if (status != 0)
-    {
-      int error = errno;
-      printf("wakeup_action: ERROR sem_wait failed, errno=%d\n" , error);
-      ASSERT(false);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      printf("wakeup_action: sem_wait() successfully!\n");
-    }
 }
 
 static int waiter_main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -235,27 +199,6 @@ static int waiter_main(int argc, char *argv[])
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int poster_main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  int status;
-
-  printf("poster_main: Poster started\n");
-
-  status = sem_post(&sem2);
-  if (status != 0)
-    {
-      int error = errno;
-      printf("poster_main: sem_post failed error=%d\n", error);
-      ASSERT(false);
-    }
-
-  printf("poster_main: done\n");
-  FFLUSH();
-
-  thread2exited = true;
-  return 0;
-}
-
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -269,7 +212,7 @@ void sighand_test(void)
 #endif
   struct sched_param param;
   union sigval sigvalue;
-  pid_t waiterpid, posterpid;
+  pid_t waiterpid;
   int status;
 
   printf("sighand_test: Initializing semaphore to 0\n");
@@ -346,20 +289,6 @@ void sighand_test(void)
       task_delete(waiterpid);
     }
 
-  /* Start poster thread  */
-
-  posterpid = task_create("poster", param.sched_priority,
-                           STACKSIZE, poster_main, NULL);
-  if (posterpid == ERROR)
-    {
-      printf("sighand_test: ERROR failed to start poster_main\n");
-      ASSERT(false);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      printf("sighand_test: Started poster_main pid=%d\n", posterpid);
-    }
-
   /* Wait a bit */
 
   FFLUSH();
@@ -377,12 +306,6 @@ void sighand_test(void)
       ASSERT(false);
     }
 
-  if (!thread2exited)
-    {
-      printf("sighand_test: ERROR poster task did not exit\n");
-      ASSERT(false);
-    }
-
   if (!sigreceived)
     {
       printf("sighand_test: ERROR signal handler did not run\n");