diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
index f348ac5d909..6697b12de29 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 from oeqa.sdk.utils.sdkbuildproject import SDKBuildProject
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class BuildCpioTest(OESDKTestCase):
     td_vars = ['DATETIME']
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
index 9d137f30ebf..b57fbbece7f 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 from oeqa.sdk.utils.sdkbuildproject import SDKBuildProject
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
 
 class BuildLzipTest(OESDKTestCase):
     td_vars = ['DATETIME']
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
index b32b01fc241..54c6fc488bc 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import unittest
 from oeqa.core.utils.path import remove_safe
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class GccCompileTest(OESDKTestCase):
     td_vars = ['MACHINE']
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
index e1d2bc159a0..b8adc5ac72d 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class PerlTest(OESDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-perl") or
@@ -8,9 +11,6 @@ class PerlTest(OESDKTestCase):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No perl package in the SDK")
 
     def test_perl(self):
-        try:
-            cmd = "perl -e '$_=\"Uryyb, jbeyq\"; tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;print'"
-            output = self._run(cmd)
-            self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exit %d (output %s)" % (e.returncode, e.output))
+        cmd = "perl -e '$_=\"Uryyb, jbeyq\"; tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;print'"
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
index 2254867d455..b9174fadbaa 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import subprocess, unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class Python2Test(OESDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-python-core") or
@@ -8,12 +11,9 @@ class Python2Test(OESDKTestCase):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No python package in the SDK")
 
     def test_python2(self):
-        try:
-            cmd = "python -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
-            output = self._run(cmd)
-            self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exit %d (output %s)" % (e.returncode, e.output))
+        cmd = "python -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
 
 class Python3Test(OESDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ class Python3Test(OESDKTestCase):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No python3 package in the SDK")
 
     def test_python3(self):
-        try:
-            cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
-            output = self._run(cmd)
-            self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exit %d (output %s)" % (e.returncode, e.output))
+        cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
index 0860e8d17cf..d322f86c73e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ from oeqa.sdkext.case import OESDKExtTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.utils.httpserver import HTTPService
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class DevtoolTest(OESDKExtTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
