diff --git a/test/testutils.jl b/test/testutils.jl
index 358eb6c95..3aef74cd2 100644
--- a/test/testutils.jl
+++ b/test/testutils.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ end
 function test_distr(distr::DiscreteUnivariateDistribution, n::Int;
                     testquan::Bool=true, rng::AbstractRNG=MersenneTwister(),
                     test_scalar_rand::Bool=false)
-    println("    testing $(distr)")
     test_range(distr)
     vs = get_evalsamples(distr, 0.00001)
 
@@ -73,9 +72,7 @@ end
 # testing the implementation of a continuous univariate distribution
 #
 function test_distr(distr::ContinuousUnivariateDistribution, n::Int;
-                    testquan::Bool=true, rng::AbstractRNG=MersenneTwister(123),
-                    test_scalar_rand::Bool=false)
-    println("    testing $(distr)")
+                    testquan::Bool=true, rng::AbstractRNG=MersenneTwister(123))
     test_range(distr)
     vs = get_evalsamples(distr, 0.01, 2000)
 
@@ -116,8 +113,7 @@ function test_samples(s::Sampleable{Univariate, Discrete},      # the sampleable
                       n::Int;                                   # number of samples to generate
                       q::Float64=1.0e-7,                        # confidence interval, 1 - q as confidence
                       verbose::Bool=false,                      # show intermediate info (for debugging)
-                      rng::Union{AbstractRNG, Missing}=missing,  # add an rng?
-                      call_scalar::Bool=false)                  # directly scall the scalar rand(d) instead
+                      rng::Union{AbstractRNG, Missing}=missing) # add an rng?
     # The basic idea
     # ------------------
     #   Generate n samples, and count the occurrences of each value within a reasonable range.
@@ -211,8 +207,8 @@ function test_samples(s::Sampleable{Univariate, Discrete},      # the sampleable
 end
 
 test_samples(distr::DiscreteUnivariateDistribution, n::Int;
-             q::Float64=1.0e-6, verbose::Bool=false, rng=missing, kwargs...) =
-    test_samples(distr, distr, n; q=q, verbose=verbose, rng=rng, kwargs...)
+             q::Float64=1.0e-6, verbose::Bool=false, rng=missing) =
+    test_samples(distr, distr, n; q=q, verbose=verbose, rng=rng)
 
 # for continuous samplers
 #
@@ -222,8 +218,7 @@ function test_samples(s::Sampleable{Univariate, Continuous},    # the sampleable
                       nbins::Int=50,                            # divide the main interval into nbins
                       q::Float64=1.0e-6,                        # confidence interval, 1 - q as confidence
                       verbose::Bool=false,                      # show intermediate info (for debugging)
-                      rng::Union{AbstractRNG, Missing}=missing, # add an rng?
-                      call_scalar::Bool=false)                  # directly scall the scalar rand(d) instead
+                      rng::Union{AbstractRNG, Missing}=missing) # add an rng?
 
     # The basic idea
     # ------------------
@@ -332,8 +327,8 @@ function test_samples(s::Sampleable{Univariate, Continuous},    # the sampleable
     return samples
 end
 
-test_samples(distr::ContinuousUnivariateDistribution, n::Int; nbins::Int=50, q::Float64=1.0e-6, verbose::Bool=false, rng=missing, kwargs...) =
-    test_samples(distr, distr, n; nbins=nbins, q=q, verbose=verbose, rng=rng, kwargs...)
+test_samples(distr::ContinuousUnivariateDistribution, n::Int; nbins::Int=50, q::Float64=1.0e-6, verbose::Bool=false, rng=missing) =
+    test_samples(distr, distr, n; nbins=nbins, q=q, verbose=verbose, rng=rng)
 
 
 #### Testing range & support methods
diff --git a/test/univariate/continuous/exponential.jl b/test/univariate/continuous/exponential.jl
index e8284389a..e710dadab 100644
--- a/test/univariate/continuous/exponential.jl
+++ b/test/univariate/continuous/exponential.jl
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ test_cgf(Exponential(10  ), (0.08, -1, -100f0, -1e6))
         Exponential(0.91),
         Exponential(10)
     ]
-        test_distr(d, 10^6, test_scalar_rand = true)
+        test_distr(d, 10^6)
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/univariate/continuous/logitnormal.jl b/test/univariate/continuous/logitnormal.jl
index b8c4a578d..9959608d3 100644
--- a/test/univariate/continuous/logitnormal.jl
+++ b/test/univariate/continuous/logitnormal.jl
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ end
         LogitNormal(-2, 3),
         LogitNormal(0, 0.2)
     ]
-        test_distr(d, 10^6, test_scalar_rand = true)
+        test_distr(d, 10^6)
     end
 end
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diff --git a/test/univariate/continuous/lognormal.jl b/test/univariate/continuous/lognormal.jl
index 26c16f773..3564d6fb8 100644
--- a/test/univariate/continuous/lognormal.jl
+++ b/test/univariate/continuous/lognormal.jl
@@ -325,6 +325,6 @@ end
             LogNormal(3.0, 1.0)
             LogNormal(3.0, 2.0)
         ]
-        test_distr(d, 10^6, test_scalar_rand = true)
+        test_distr(d, 10^6)
     end
 end
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diff --git a/test/univariate/continuous/normalcanon.jl b/test/univariate/continuous/normalcanon.jl
index 443d6ec49..4fc8de4da 100644
--- a/test/univariate/continuous/normalcanon.jl
+++ b/test/univariate/continuous/normalcanon.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
         NormalCanon(-1.0, 2.5)
         NormalCanon(2.0, 0.8)
     ]
-        test_distr(d, 10^6, test_scalar_rand = true)
+        test_distr(d, 10^6)
     end
 end
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diff --git a/test/univariate/continuous/pareto.jl b/test/univariate/continuous/pareto.jl
index 9e7e95775..87ef527c7 100644
--- a/test/univariate/continuous/pareto.jl
+++ b/test/univariate/continuous/pareto.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
             Pareto(2.0, 1.5)
             Pareto(3.0, 2.0)
         ]
-        test_distr(d, 10^6, test_scalar_rand = true)
+        test_distr(d, 10^6)
     end
 end
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