diff --git a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
index 86bd65810..23ec73599 100644
--- a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
+++ b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
@@ -553,19 +553,6 @@ class TestLastFailed(object):
         testdir.runpytest("-q", "--lf")
         assert os.path.exists(".pytest_cache/v/cache/lastfailed")
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("quiet", [True, False])
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("opt", ["--ff", "--lf"])
-    def test_lf_and_ff_obey_verbosity(self, quiet, opt, testdir):
-        testdir.makepyfile("def test(): pass")
-        args = [opt]
-        if quiet:
-            args.append("-q")
-        result = testdir.runpytest(*args)
-        if quiet:
-            assert "run all" not in result.stdout.str()
-        else:
-            assert "run all" in result.stdout.str()
-
     def test_xfail_not_considered_failure(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
@@ -628,13 +615,19 @@ class TestLastFailed(object):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("opt", ["--ff", "--lf"])
     def test_lf_and_ff_prints_no_needless_message(self, quiet, opt, testdir):
         # Issue 3853
-        testdir.makepyfile("def test(): pass")
+        testdir.makepyfile("def test(): assert 0")
         args = [opt]
         if quiet:
             args.append("-q")
         result = testdir.runpytest(*args)
         assert "run all" not in result.stdout.str()
 
+        result = testdir.runpytest(*args)
+        if quiet:
+            assert "run all" not in result.stdout.str()
+        else:
+            assert "rerun previous" in result.stdout.str()
+
     def get_cached_last_failed(self, testdir):
         config = testdir.parseconfigure()
         return sorted(config.cache.get("cache/lastfailed", {}))