diff --git a/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/.gitignore b/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/.gitignore
index 284bd9713dd..14dae66152b 100644
--- a/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 halrun.out
+halrun.err
diff --git a/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/halrun.err b/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/halrun.err
deleted file mode 100644
index ac064432a8d..00000000000
--- a/tests/rtapi-msg-newline/halrun.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Note: realtime scheduling unavailable (sched_setscheduler SCHED_FIFO: Operation not permitted).
-  Process capabilities: cap_sys_nice=no cap_ipc_lock=no.
-  Falling back to POSIX non-realtime.
-  Fix: 'sudo make setcap' (preferred) or 'sudo make setuid' on rtapi_app.
-  Override (testing only): set LINUXCNC_FORCE_REALTIME=1.
-Note: Using POSIX non-realtime
-No isolated CPU's found, expect some latency or set RTAPI_CPU_NUMBER to select CPU
-msgline: error at load
-msgline: error at load
-msgline: error in the thread
-msgline: warning in the thread
-msgline: info in the thread
-msgline: error with its newline
-THREADS: hal_exit 7 0 0