diff --git a/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache b/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
index bb0090ad2d..4ff67220ba 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
+++ b/tests/scripts/test020-proxycache
@@ -313,18 +313,12 @@ FIRST=$CNT
 
 # queries 2-6,8-10 are cacheable
 CACHEABILITY=0111110111
-grep CACHEABLE $LOG2 | awk '{ 
-		if ($3 == "NOT") 
-			printf "Query %d not cacheable\n",NR
-		else 
-			printf "Query %d cacheable\n",NR
-	}' 
-CACHED=`grep CACHEABLE $LOG2 | awk '{ 
-		if ($3 == "NOT") 
-			printf "0" 
-		else 
-			printf "1" 
-	}'`
+grep CACHEABLE $LOG2 | awk '
+		/NOT CACHEABLE/{printf "Query %d not cacheable\n",NR}
+		/QUERY CACHEABLE/{printf "Query %d cacheable\n",NR}'
+CACHED=`grep CACHEABLE $LOG2 | awk '
+		/NOT CACHEABLE/{printf "0"}
+		/QUERY CACHEABLE/{printf "1"}'`
 
 if test "$CACHEABILITY" = "$CACHED" ; then
 	echo "Successfully verified cacheability"
@@ -466,22 +460,12 @@ fi
 #not answerable because of sizelimit, queries contained in it are no longer
 #answerable as well
 ANSWERABILITY=1110011
-grep ANSWERABLE $LOG2 | awk "BEGIN {FIRST=$FIRST}"'{ 
-		if (NR > FIRST) { 
-			if ($3 == "NOT") 
-				printf "Query %d not answerable\n",NR
-			else 
-				printf "Query %d answerable\n",NR 
-		}
-	}' 
-ANSWERED=`grep ANSWERABLE $LOG2 | awk "BEGIN {FIRST=$FIRST}"'{ 
-		if (NR > FIRST) { 
-			if ($3 == "NOT") 
-				printf "0" 
-			else 
-				printf "1"
-		} 
-	}'`
+grep ANSWERABLE $LOG2 | awk "BEGIN {FIRST=$FIRST}"'
+		/NOT ANSWERABLE/{if (NR > FIRST) printf "Query %d not answerable\n",NR}
+		/QUERY ANSWERABLE/{if (NR > FIRST) printf "Query %d answerable\n",NR}'
+ANSWERED=`grep ANSWERABLE $LOG2 | awk "BEGIN {FIRST=$FIRST}"'
+		/NOT ANSWERABLE/{if (NR > FIRST) printf "0"}
+		/QUERY ANSWERABLE/{if (NR > FIRST) printf "1"}'`
 
 if test "$ANSWERABILITY" = "$ANSWERED" ; then
 	echo "Successfully verified answerability"