diff --git a/gio/tests/memory-monitor-dbus.py.in b/gio/tests/memory-monitor-dbus.py.in
index acbc576ca..b13fdd895 100755
--- a/gio/tests/memory-monitor-dbus.py.in
+++ b/gio/tests/memory-monitor-dbus.py.in
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import fcntl
 import os
 import time
 
-import taptestrunner
-
 try:
     # Do all non-standard imports here so we can skip the tests if any
     # needed packages are not available.
@@ -111,4 +109,4 @@ except ImportError as e:
             pass
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main(testRunner=taptestrunner.TAPTestRunner())
+    unittest.main(testRunner=unittest.TextTestRunner(stream=sys.stdout, verbosity=2))
diff --git a/gio/tests/memory-monitor-portal.py.in b/gio/tests/memory-monitor-portal.py.in
index d06fad297..2f4c36897 100755
--- a/gio/tests/memory-monitor-portal.py.in
+++ b/gio/tests/memory-monitor-portal.py.in
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import fcntl
 import os
 import time
 
-import taptestrunner
-
 try:
     # Do all non-standard imports here so we can skip the tests if any
     # needed packages are not available.
@@ -129,4 +127,4 @@ except ImportError as e:
             pass
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main(testRunner=taptestrunner.TAPTestRunner())
+    unittest.main(testRunner=unittest.TextTestRunner(stream=sys.stdout, verbosity=2))