diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/macdeployqt/tst_macdeployqt.cpp b/tests/auto/tools/macdeployqt/tst_macdeployqt.cpp
index fbf09fbe89..b7deb8f2c4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/macdeployqt/tst_macdeployqt.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/macdeployqt/tst_macdeployqt.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <QtCore>
 #include <QtTest>
 
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcTests, "qt.tools.tests")
+
 bool g_testDirectoryBuild = false; // toggle to keep build output for debugging.
 QTemporaryDir *g_temporaryDirectory;
 QString g_macdeployqtBinary;
@@ -34,6 +36,24 @@ static bool runProcess(const QString &binary,
         process.setProcessEnvironment(env);
     if (!workingDir.isEmpty())
         process.setWorkingDirectory(workingDir);
+
+    const auto outputReader = qScopeGuard([&] {
+        QByteArray standardOutput = process.readAllStandardOutput();
+        if (!standardOutput.trimmed().isEmpty())
+            qCDebug(lcTests).nospace() << "Standard output:\n" << qUtf8Printable(standardOutput.trimmed());
+        if (stdOut)
+            *stdOut = standardOutput;
+        QByteArray standardError = process.readAllStandardError();
+        if (!standardError.trimmed().isEmpty())
+            qCDebug(lcTests).nospace() << "Standard error:\n" << qUtf8Printable(standardError.trimmed());
+        if (stdErr)
+            *stdErr = standardError;
+    });
+
+    qCDebug(lcTests).noquote() << "Running" << binary
+        << "with arguments" << arguments
+        << "in" << workingDir;
+
     process.start(binary, arguments, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
     if (!process.waitForStarted()) {
         *errorMessage = msgProcessError(process, "Failed to start");
@@ -46,10 +66,7 @@ static bool runProcess(const QString &binary,
             process.kill();
         return false;
     }
-    if (stdOut)
-        *stdOut = process.readAllStandardOutput();
-    if (stdErr)
-        *stdErr= process.readAllStandardError();
+
     if (process.exitStatus() != QProcess::NormalExit) {
         *errorMessage = msgProcessError(process, "Crashed");
         return false;
@@ -148,26 +165,11 @@ bool deploy(const QString &name, const QStringList &options, QString *errorMessa
     QString bundle = name + ".app";
     QString path = buildPath(name);
     QStringList args = QStringList() << bundle << options;
+    if (lcTests().isDebugEnabled())
+        args << "-verbose=3";
     return runProcess(g_macdeployqtBinary, args, errorMessage, path);
 }
 
-bool debugDeploy(const QString &name, const QStringList &options, QString *errorMessage)
-{
-    QString bundle = name + ".app";
-    QString path = buildPath(name);
-    QStringList args = QStringList() << bundle << options << "-verbose=3";
-    QByteArray stdOut;
-    QByteArray stdErr;
-    bool exitOK = runProcess(g_macdeployqtBinary, args, errorMessage, path, QProcessEnvironment(),
-                              10000, &stdOut, &stdErr);
-
-    qDebug() << "macdeployqt exit OK" << exitOK;
-    qDebug() << qPrintable(stdOut);
-    qDebug() << qPrintable(stdErr);
-
-    return exitOK;
-}
-
 bool run(const QString &name, QString *errorMessage)
 {
     QString path = buildPath(name);