diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status b/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
index 2ef2e3b7f5..ce222e9d8a 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-005-board-status
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
 for mobodir in $(git diff --name-status |grep -v "^D" |cut -c3- | sed -n 's,^\(src/mainboard/[^/]*/[^/]*\).*$,\1,p'|sort|uniq); do
     board_info="$mobodir/board_info.txt"
     if ! [ -f "$board_info" ]; then
-       echo "No $board_info found" >&2
+       echo "No $board_info found"
        exit 1
     fi
     category="$(sed -n 's#^Category: \(.*\)$#\1#p' < "$board_info")"
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ for mobodir in $(git diff --name-status |grep -v "^D" |cut -c3- | sed -n 's,^\(s
 	desktop|server|laptop|half|mini|settop|"eval"|sbc|emulation|misc)
 	    ;;
 	"")
-	    echo "$board_info doesn't contain 'Category' tag" >&2
+	    echo "$board_info doesn't contain 'Category' tag"
 	    exit 1
 	    ;;
 	*)
-	    echo "$board_info specifies unknown category '$category'" >&2
+	    echo "$board_info specifies unknown category '$category'"
 	    exit 1
 	    ;;
     esac