diff --git a/workspace_tools/host_tests/dev_null_auto.py b/workspace_tools/host_tests/dev_null_auto.py
index 64d37b5eae..21d08d8352 100644
--- a/workspace_tools/host_tests/dev_null_auto.py
+++ b/workspace_tools/host_tests/dev_null_auto.py
@@ -15,16 +15,11 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 """
 
-from host_test import Test, DefaultTest
+from host_test import DefaultTest
 from sys import stdout
 
 class DevNullTest(DefaultTest):
-
-    def print_result(self, result):
-       print "\n{%s}\n{end}" % result
-
     def run(self):
-        test_result = True
         c = self.mbed.serial.read(512)
         print "Received %d bytes" % len(c)
         if "{failure}" not in c: