diff --git a/lib/reporters/mini.js b/lib/reporters/mini.js
index 97119fd23..8a622a8d7 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/mini.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/mini.js
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ class MiniReporter {
 				}
 
 				if (test.error.stack) {
-					status += '\n' + indentString(colors.errorStack(extractStack(test.error.stack)), 2);
+					const extracted = extractStack(test.error.stack);
+					if (extracted.includes('\n')) {
+						status += '\n' + indentString(colors.errorStack(extracted), 2);
+					}
 				}
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/lib/reporters/verbose.js b/lib/reporters/verbose.js
index 6a92606bd..eb03007da 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/verbose.js
+++ b/lib/reporters/verbose.js
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ class VerboseReporter {
 				}
 
 				if (test.error.stack) {
-					output += '\n' + indentString(colors.errorStack(extractStack(test.error.stack)), 2);
+					const extracted = extractStack(test.error.stack);
+					if (extracted.includes('\n')) {
+						output += '\n' + indentString(colors.errorStack(extracted), 2);
+					}
 				}
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/test/reporters/mini.js b/test/reporters/mini.js
index 934b0ce8d..e9a411e8d 100644
--- a/test/reporters/mini.js
+++ b/test/reporters/mini.js
@@ -406,9 +406,7 @@ test('results with errors', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, err2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(err2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/failure two/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/failure two/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -467,9 +465,7 @@ test('results with errors and disabled code excerpts', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, err2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(err2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/failure two/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/failure two/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -531,9 +527,7 @@ test('results with errors and broken code excerpts', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, err2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(err2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/failure two/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/failure two/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -596,9 +590,7 @@ test('results with errors and disabled assert output', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, err2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(err2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/failure two/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/failure two/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
diff --git a/test/reporters/verbose.js b/test/reporters/verbose.js
index 2602af972..57d82a228 100644
--- a/test/reporters/verbose.js
+++ b/test/reporters/verbose.js
@@ -413,9 +413,7 @@ test('results with errors', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, error2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(error2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/error two message/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/error two message/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -471,9 +469,7 @@ test('results with errors and disabled code excerpts', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, error2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(error2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/error two message/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/error two message/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -532,9 +528,7 @@ test('results with errors and disabled code excerpts', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, error2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(error2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/error two message/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/error two message/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });
@@ -594,9 +588,7 @@ test('results with errors and disabled assert output', t => {
 		indentString(codeExcerpt(err2Path, error2.source.line), 2).split('\n'),
 		'',
 		indentString(formatAssertError(error2), 2).split('\n'),
-		/error two message/,
-		'',
-		stackLineRegex
+		/error two message/
 	]));
 	t.end();
 });