diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2
index c81b7cc1a0..b45486fe92 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ newPackage String := opts -> pkgname -> (
 	"previous currentPackage"  => currentPackage,
 	"previous dictionaries"    => dictionaryPath,
 	"previous packages"        => loadedPackages,
-	"test number"              => 0,
 	"test inputs"              => new MutableList,
 	"raw documentation"        => new MutableHashTable, -- deposited here by 'document'
 	"processed documentation"  => new MutableHashTable, -- the output from 'documentation', look here first
diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/testing.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/testing.m2
index fcd9395e99..9fbe5171df 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/testing.m2
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/testing.m2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ editMethod TestInput := editMethod @@ locate
 TEST = method(Options => {FileName => false})
 TEST List   := opts -> testlist   -> apply(testlist, test -> TEST(test, opts))
 TEST String := opts -> teststring -> (
-    n := currentPackage#"test number";
+    n := #currentPackage#"test inputs";
     if opts.FileName then (
 	filename := teststring;
 	teststring = get filename;
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ TEST String := opts -> teststring -> (
 	"location" => new FilePosition from {
 	    minimizeFilename filename,
 	    start, 1, stop, 80}, -- TODO: get actual final column
-	"code" => teststring};
-    currentPackage#"test number" += 1;)
+	"code" => teststring};)
 -- TODO: support test titles
 
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diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt b/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt
index 54849d658c..1cb2d98847 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ set(M2_INSTALL_TEMPLATE [[installPackage("@package@",
   DebuggingMode          => true)]])
 set(M2_NEED_TEMPLATE    [[needsPackage("@package@", LoadDocumentation=>true, DebuggingMode=>true)]])
 set(M2_TEST_TEMPLATE    [[debug Core \; argumentMode = @ArgumentMode@ \; check(@_i@, "@package@")]])
-set(M2_INFO_TEMPLATE    [["info-"|"@package@" << @package@#"test number" << close]]) # ignore the color
+set(M2_INFO_TEMPLATE    [["info-"|"@package@" << #@package@#"test inputs" << close]]) # ignore the color
 set(M2_CHECK_TEMPLATE   [[check("@package@", UserMode=>false, Verbose=>$<IF:$<BOOL:${VERBOSE}>,true,false>)]])
 
 # TODO: simplify