diff --git a/test/run-benchmarks.c b/test/run-benchmarks.c
index 6e42623d..980c9be8 100644
--- a/test/run-benchmarks.c
+++ b/test/run-benchmarks.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ static int maybe_run_test(int argc, char **argv);
 
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  if (platform_init(argc, argv))
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  platform_init(argc, argv);
 
   switch (argc) {
   case 1: return run_tests(1);
diff --git a/test/run-tests.c b/test/run-tests.c
index 3a6452ff..e5e75e17 100644
--- a/test/run-tests.c
+++ b/test/run-tests.c
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   }
 #endif
 
-  if (platform_init(argc, argv))
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-
+  platform_init(argc, argv);
   argv = uv_setup_args(argc, argv);
 
   switch (argc) {
diff --git a/test/runner-unix.c b/test/runner-unix.c
index 7a5fa945..b7ca1f85 100644
--- a/test/runner-unix.c
+++ b/test/runner-unix.c
@@ -67,13 +67,12 @@ void notify_parent_process(void) {
 
 
 /* Do platform-specific initialization. */
-int platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
+void platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
   /* Disable stdio output buffering. */
   setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
   setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
   snprintf(executable_path, sizeof(executable_path), "%s", argv[0]);
-  return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/runner-win.c b/test/runner-win.c
index e69b7447..8c2a00b8 100644
--- a/test/runner-win.c
+++ b/test/runner-win.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 
 /* Do platform-specific initialization. */
-int platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
+void platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
   /* Disable the "application crashed" popup. */
   SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX |
       SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ int platform_init(int argc, char **argv) {
   setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
 
   strcpy(executable_path, argv[0]);
-
-  return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/runner.h b/test/runner.h
index ddb1e417..6801564f 100644
--- a/test/runner.h
+++ b/test/runner.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void print_lines(const char* buffer, size_t size, FILE* stream);
  */
 
 /* Do platform-specific initialization. */
-int platform_init(int argc, char** argv);
+void platform_init(int argc, char** argv);
 
 /* Invoke "argv[0] test-name [test-part]". Store process info in *p. Make sure
  * that all stdio output of the processes is buffered up. */