diff --git a/include/tests_webservers b/include/tests_webservers
index 5492a90f..08dfa7fa 100644
--- a/include/tests_webservers
+++ b/include/tests_webservers
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                 Display --indent 6 --text "Info: Configuration file found (${APACHE_CONFIGFILE})"
               else
                 # Probably the prefix is missing, so we are going to search that
-                APACHE_HTTPDROOT=`${HTTPDBINARY} -V | grep "\-D HTTPD_ROOT=" | sed 's/[ ]-D HTTPD_ROOT=//' | tr -d '"' | tr -d ' '`
+                APACHE_HTTPDROOT=`${HTTPDBINARY} -V 2> /dev/null | grep "\-D HTTPD_ROOT=" | sed 's/[ ]-D HTTPD_ROOT=//' | tr -d '"' | tr -d ' '`
                 #echo "Apache root prefix: ${APACHE_HTTPDROOT}"
                 #echo "Complete path to configuration file: ${APACHE_HTTPDROOT}/${APACHE_TEST}"
                 APACHE_TESTFILE="${APACHE_HTTPDROOT}/${APACHE_TEST}"