diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILChecker.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILChecker.fs
index b47ae4409f0..69b5d6c6c6a 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILChecker.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILChecker.fs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ open TestFramework
 
 [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
 module ILChecker =
-    let config = initializeSuite ()
+    let config = initialConfig
 
     let private exec exe args =
         let arguments = args |> String.concat " "
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILVerifierModule.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILVerifierModule.fs
index 8610476f217..799af017e6a 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILVerifierModule.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ILVerifierModule.fs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ open TestFramework
 
 [<AutoOpen>]
 module ILVerifierModule =
-    let config = initializeSuite ()
+    let config = initialConfig
 
     let fsharpCoreReference = $"--reference \"{typeof<unit>.Assembly.Location}\""
 
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/TestFramework.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/TestFramework.fs
index 06b454005c2..768203aa887 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/TestFramework.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/TestFramework.fs
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ let logConfig (cfg: TestConfig) =
     log "FSCOREDLLPATH            = %s" cfg.FSCOREDLLPATH
     log "FSI                      = %s" cfg.FSI
 #if NETCOREAPP
-    log "DotNetExe                =%s" cfg.DotNetExe
+    log "DotNetExe                = %s" cfg.DotNetExe
     log "DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP = %s" cfg.DotNetMultiLevelLookup
     log "DOTNET_ROOT              = %s" cfg.DotNetRoot
 #else
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ let envVars () =
     |> Seq.map (fun d -> d.Key :?> string, d.Value :?> string)
     |> Map.ofSeq
 
-let initializeSuite () =
+let initialConfig =
 
 #if DEBUG
     let configurationName = "Debug"
@@ -461,15 +461,9 @@ let initializeSuite () =
         let usedEnvVars = c.EnvironmentVariables  |> Map.add "FSC" c.FSC
         { c with EnvironmentVariables = usedEnvVars }
 
-    logConfig cfg
-
     cfg
 
-
-let suiteHelpers = lazy (initializeSuite ())
-
 let testConfig sourceDir (relativePathToTestFixture: string) =
-    let cfg = suiteHelpers.Value
     let testFixtureFullPath = Path.GetFullPath(sourceDir ++ relativePathToTestFixture)
 
     let tempTestDir =
@@ -478,11 +472,10 @@ let testConfig sourceDir (relativePathToTestFixture: string) =
             .FullName
     copyDirectory testFixtureFullPath tempTestDir true
 
-    { cfg with Directory = tempTestDir }
+    { initialConfig with Directory = tempTestDir }
 
 let createConfigWithEmptyDirectory() =
-    let cfg = suiteHelpers.Value
-    { cfg with Directory = createTemporaryDirectory().FullName }
+    { initialConfig with Directory = createTemporaryDirectory().FullName }
 
 type RedirectToType =
     | Overwrite of FilePath
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/Utilities.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/Utilities.fs
index fec1da0895c..06667fadfaf 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/Utilities.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/Utilities.fs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ module Utilities =
     [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
     module public TargetFrameworkUtil =
 
-        let private config = TestFramework.initializeSuite ()
+        let private config = initialConfig
 
         // Do a one time dotnet sdk build to compute the proper set of reference assemblies to pass to the compiler
         let private projectFile = """
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/XunitHelpers.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/XunitHelpers.fs
index ce4d47b9635..ac23217c1ed 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/XunitHelpers.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/XunitHelpers.fs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ type FSharpXunitFramework(sink: IMessageSink) =
         // Because xUnit v2 lacks assembly fixture, the next best place to ensure things get called
         // right at the start of the test run is here in the constructor.
         // This gets executed once per test assembly.
-        MessageSink.sinkWriter |> ignore
+        logConfig initialConfig
+        log "FSharpXunitFramework installing TestConsole redirection"
         TestConsole.install()
 #if !NETCOREAPP
         AssemblyResolver.addResolver ()
@@ -144,16 +145,6 @@ type CustomTheoryTestCase =
 /// `XunitTestFramework` providing parallel console support and conditionally enabling optional xUnit customizations.
 type FSharpXunitFramework(sink: IMessageSink) =
     inherit XunitTestFramework(sink)
-    do
-        // Because xUnit v2 lacks assembly fixture, the next best place to ensure things get called
-        // right at the start of the test run is here in the constructor.
-        // This gets executed once per test assembly.
-        log "FSharpXunitFramework with XUNIT_EXTRAS installing TestConsole redirection"
-        TestConsole.install()
-
-#if !NETCOREAPP
-        AssemblyResolver.addResolver ()
-#endif
 
     let traceProvider =
         Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
@@ -176,6 +167,18 @@ type FSharpXunitFramework(sink: IMessageSink) =
         { new XunitTestFrameworkExecutor(assemblyName, this.SourceInformationProvider, this.DiagnosticMessageSink) with
             override _.RunTestCases(testCases, executionMessageSink, executionOptions) =
                 use _ = Activity.start $"{assemblyName.Name} {Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription}" []
+
+                // Because xUnit v2 lacks assembly fixture, the next best place to ensure things get called
+                // right at the start of the test run is here or in the FSharpXunitFramework constructor.
+                // This gets executed once per test assembly.
+                printfn $"Running tests in {assemblyName.Name} with XUNIT_EXTRAS"
+                logConfig initialConfig
+                log "Installing TestConsole redirection"
+                TestConsole.install()
+
+#if !NETCOREAPP
+                AssemblyResolver.addResolver ()
+#endif
                 base.RunTestCases(testCases, executionMessageSink, executionOptions)
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/scriptlib.fsx b/tests/scripts/scriptlib.fsx
index ea1a5a63737..3f93a93b82c 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/scriptlib.fsx
+++ b/tests/scripts/scriptlib.fsx
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ open System.IO
 open System.Text
 open System.Diagnostics
 
-module MessageSink =
-    let sinkWriter =
-#if DEBUG
-        Console.Out
-#else
-        TextWriter.Null
-#endif
-
 [<AutoOpen>]
 module Scripting =
 
@@ -85,7 +77,7 @@ module Scripting =
         if Directory.Exists output then 
             Directory.Delete(output, true) 
 
-    let log format = fprintfn MessageSink.sinkWriter format
+    let log format = printfn format
 
     type FilePath = string