diff --git a/test/test_download.py b/test/test_download.py
index 1b0f5d1e2..0357998f2 100755
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def print_skipping(reason):
 
         for other_ie in other_ies:
             if not other_ie.working():
-                print_skipping('test depends on %sIE, is _REPORTED_BROKEN' % other_ie.ie_key())
+                print_skipping('test depends on {other_ie.ie_key()}IE, is _REPORTED_BROKEN')
 
         params = get_params(test_case.get('params', {}))
         params['outtmpl'] = tname + '_' + params['outtmpl']
diff --git a/test/test_subtitles.py b/test/test_subtitles.py
index a017a24fc..ed58437b6 100644
--- a/test/test_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_subtitles.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.ie = self.IE()
         self.DL.add_info_extractor(self.ie)
         if not self.IE.working():
-            print('Skipping: %s is _REPORTED_BROKEN' % self.IE.ie_key())
+            print('Skipping: {self.IE.ie_key()} is _REPORTED_BROKEN')
             self.skipTest('IE is _REPORTED_BROKEN')
 
     def getInfoDict(self):