diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/logformatter b/contrib/cirrus/logformatter
index 2ab8aa117661..0cbd1f34bc4b 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/logformatter
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/logformatter
@@ -517,25 +517,20 @@ END_SYNOPSIS
     }
 
     # eg "test fedora", "special_testing_rootless"
+    # WARNING: As of 2020-10-05, $CIRRUS_TASK_NAME reflects the same
+    # descriptive content as our $subtest_name argument (confirm via
+    # cross-checking runner.sh:logformatter() vs cirrus.yml:&std_name_fmt).
+    # If this ever becomes untrue, just add _tr("Subtest", $subtest_name).
     my $test_name = _env_replace("{CIRRUS_TASK_NAME}");
-    if (my $rcli = $ENV{RCLI}) {
-        $test_name .= " [remote]" if $rcli eq 'true';
-    }
-    else {
-        $test_name .= " [no RCLI; cannot determine remote/local]";
-    }
+    # (Special-case cleanup: Cirrus\ quotes\ spaces; remove for readability).
+    $test_name =~ s/\\\s+/ /g;
     $s .= _tr("Test name", $test_name);
 
-    # Subtest, e.g. system_test
-    $s .= _tr("Subtest", $subtest_name);
-
     # Link to further Cirrus results, e.g. other runs.
     # Build is mostly boring, it's usually TASK that we want to see.
-    $s .= _tr("Cirrus Build ID", "<small>" . _a("{CIRRUS_BUILD_ID}", "https://cirrus-ci.com/build/{CIRRUS_BUILD_ID}") . "</small>");
-    $s .= _tr("Cirrus <b>Task</b> ID", _a("{CIRRUS_TASK_ID}", "https://cirrus-ci.com/task/{CIRRUS_TASK_ID}"));
-
-    # "none", "rootless"
-    $s .= _tr("Special mode", _env_replace("{SPECIALMODE}"));
+    $s .= _tr("Cirrus", sprintf("<small>Build %s</small> / <b>Task %s</b>",
+                                _a("{CIRRUS_BUILD_ID}", "https://cirrus-ci.com/build/{CIRRUS_BUILD_ID}"),
+                                _a("{CIRRUS_TASK_ID}", "https://cirrus-ci.com/task/{CIRRUS_TASK_ID}")));
 
     $s .= "</table>\n";
     return $s;
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index 17bb05019118..13fab447ca50 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ altbuild() {
     esac
 }
 
-integration_outputfilter() {
+logformatter() {
     # Use similar format as human-friendly task name from .cirrus.yml
     # shellcheck disable=SC2154
     output_name="$TEST_FLAVOR-$PODBIN_NAME-$DISTRO_NV-$PRIV_NAME-$TEST_ENVIRON"
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ dotest() {
         # does not return
     fi
 
-    output_filter="cat"  # no filter
-    if [[ "$testsuite" == "integration" ]]; then
-        output_filter=integration_outputfilter
-    fi
+    # 'logformatter' script makes test logs readable; only works for some tests
+    case "$testsuite" in
+        integration|system)  output_filter=logformatter ;;
+        *)                   output_filter="cat"        ;;
+    esac
 
     # containers/automation sets this to 0 for it's dbg() function
     # but the e2e integration tests are also sensitive to it.
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ case "$TEST_FLAVOR" in
     bindings)
         # shellcheck disable=SC2155
         export PATH=$PATH:$GOSRC/hack
-        cd pkg/bindings/test && ginkgo -trace -noColor -debug  -r
+        # Subshell needed for .cirrus.yml to find logformatter output in cwd
+        (cd pkg/bindings/test && ginkgo -trace -noColor -debug  -r) |& logformatter
         ;;
     endpoint)
         make test-binaries