diff --git a/src/testdir/Makefile b/src/testdir/Makefile
index 0abf661..4bfc400 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Makefile
+++ b/src/testdir/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 benchmark: $(SCRIPTS_BENCH)
 
 report:
+	# without the +eval feature test_result.log is a copy of test.log
+	@/bin/sh -c "if test -f test.log; \
+		then cp test.log test_result.log; \
+		else echo No failures reported > test_result.log; \
+		fi"
 	$(RUN_VIMTEST) $(NO_INITS) -S summarize.vim messages $(REDIR_TEST_TO_NULL)
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Test results:'
diff --git a/src/testdir/summarize.vim b/src/testdir/summarize.vim
index 54cb5c1..5baee63 100644
--- a/src/testdir/summarize.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/summarize.vim
@@ -50,12 +50,7 @@
   catch  " Catch-all
   finally
     call writefile(output, 'test_result.log')  " overwrites an existing file
-    q!
   endtry
 endif
 
-" This is executed without the eval feature
-%d
-r test.log
-w test_result.log
 q!