diff --git a/integration/deploy_test.go b/integration/deploy_test.go
index 085421e68a4..f6af05de9c7 100644
--- a/integration/deploy_test.go
+++ b/integration/deploy_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,5 @@ func TestDeployWithInCorrectConfigWithNoStatusCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	ns, _, deleteNs := SetupNamespace(t)
 	defer deleteNs()
 
-	skaffold.Deploy().InDir("testdata/unstable-deployment").InNs(ns.Name).RunOrFailOutput(t)
-
-	skaffold.Delete().InDir("testdata/unstable-deployment").InNs(ns.Name).RunOrFail(t)
+	skaffold.Deploy().InDir("testdata/unstable-deployment").InNs(ns.Name).RunOrFail(t)
 }
diff --git a/integration/dev_test.go b/integration/dev_test.go
index bc6b5dbc49e..0e717844a9b 100644
--- a/integration/dev_test.go
+++ b/integration/dev_test.go
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func TestDev_WithKubecontextOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		env := []string{fmt.Sprintf("KUBECONFIG=%s", kubeconfig)}
 
 		// n.b. for the sake of this test the namespace must not be given explicitly
-		skaffold.Run("--kube-context", kubecontext).InDir(dir).WithEnv(env).RunOrFailOutput(t.T)
+		skaffold.Run("--kube-context", kubecontext).InDir(dir).WithEnv(env).RunOrFail(t.T)
 
 		client.WaitForPodsReady(pods...)
 
diff --git a/integration/diagnose_test.go b/integration/diagnose_test.go
index 3496b7473ab..7d3740a745c 100644
--- a/integration/diagnose_test.go
+++ b/integration/diagnose_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestDiagnose(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			skaffold.Diagnose().InDir(test.dir).RunOrFailOutput(t)
+			skaffold.Diagnose().InDir(test.dir).RunOrFail(t)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/integration/helm_test.go b/integration/helm_test.go
index 7e41882b2af..658fd065c5f 100644
--- a/integration/helm_test.go
+++ b/integration/helm_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestHelmDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	runArgs := []string{"--images", "gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold-helm"}
 
-	skaffold.Deploy(runArgs...).InDir(helmDir).InNs(ns.Name).WithEnv(env).RunOrFailOutput(t)
+	skaffold.Deploy(runArgs...).InDir(helmDir).InNs(ns.Name).WithEnv(env).RunOrFail(t)
 
 	client.WaitForDeploymentsToStabilize(depName)
 
diff --git a/integration/port_forward_test.go b/integration/port_forward_test.go
index 098de507140..1d0d04fbee6 100644
--- a/integration/port_forward_test.go
+++ b/integration/port_forward_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestPortForward(t *testing.T) {
 	defer deleteNs()
 
 	dir := "examples/microservices"
-	skaffold.Run().InDir(dir).InNs(ns.Name).RunOrFailOutput(t)
+	skaffold.Run().InDir(dir).InNs(ns.Name).RunOrFail(t)
 
 	cfg, err := kubectx.CurrentConfig()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/integration/run_test.go b/integration/run_test.go
index 685a27875c2..d2abd641ed6 100644
--- a/integration/run_test.go
+++ b/integration/run_test.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 			ns, client, deleteNs := SetupNamespace(t)
 			defer deleteNs()
 
-			skaffold.Run(test.args...).WithConfig(test.filename).InDir(test.dir).InNs(ns.Name).WithEnv(test.env).RunOrFailOutput(t)
+			skaffold.Run(test.args...).WithConfig(test.filename).InDir(test.dir).InNs(ns.Name).WithEnv(test.env).RunOrFail(t)
 
 			client.WaitForPodsReady(test.pods...)
 			client.WaitForDeploymentsToStabilize(test.deployments...)
diff --git a/integration/skaffold/helper.go b/integration/skaffold/helper.go
index fa2eaf778f2..6dbe9b9d8cd 100644
--- a/integration/skaffold/helper.go
+++ b/integration/skaffold/helper.go
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ func (b *RunBuilder) RunBackground(t *testing.T) context.CancelFunc {
 // RunOrFail runs the skaffold command and fails the test
 // if the command returns an error.
 func (b *RunBuilder) RunOrFail(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if err := b.Run(t); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	b.RunOrFailOutput(t)
 }
 
 // Run runs the skaffold command.