diff --git a/test/hwdb-test.sh b/test/hwdb-test.sh
index 68c7692ecad..a1f3270b64d 100755
--- a/test/hwdb-test.sh
+++ b/test/hwdb-test.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+export SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=info
 ROOTDIR=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $0)))
 SYSTEMD_HWDB=./systemd-hwdb
 
diff --git a/tools/meson-check-help.sh b/tools/meson-check-help.sh
index 47a5099a04c..4210491a987 100755
--- a/tools/meson-check-help.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-check-help.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -eu
 
+export SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=info
+
 # output width
 if "$1"  --help | grep -v 'default:' | grep -E -q '.{80}.'; then
         echo "$(basename "$1") --help output is too wide:"