diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
index a86a706bd9..b683d9b80a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class OETestResultJSONHelper(object):
             os.makedirs(write_dir, exist_ok=True)
         test_results = self._get_existing_testresults_if_available(write_dir)
         test_results[result_id] = {'configuration': configuration, 'result': test_result}
-        json_testresults = json.dumps(test_results, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+        json_testresults = json.dumps(test_results, sort_keys=True, indent=1)
         self._write_file(write_dir, self.testresult_filename, json_testresults)
         if has_bb:
             bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/resulttool/manualexecution.py b/scripts/lib/resulttool/manualexecution.py
index ecb27c5933..ae0861ac6b 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/resulttool/manualexecution.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/resulttool/manualexecution.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def load_json_file(f):
 def write_json_file(f, json_data):
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(f), exist_ok=True)
     with open(f, 'w') as filedata:
-        filedata.write(json.dumps(json_data, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
+        filedata.write(json.dumps(json_data, sort_keys=True, indent=1))
 
 class ManualTestRunner(object):
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/resulttool/report.py b/scripts/lib/resulttool/report.py
index a349510ab8..1c100b00ab 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/resulttool/report.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/resulttool/report.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class ResultsTextReport(object):
                 if selected_test_case_only:
                     print_selected_testcase_result(raw_results, selected_test_case_only)
                 else:
-                    print(json.dumps(raw_results, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
+                    print(json.dumps(raw_results, sort_keys=True, indent=1))
             else:
                 print('Could not find raw test result for %s' % raw_test)
             return 0
diff --git a/scripts/lib/resulttool/resultutils.py b/scripts/lib/resulttool/resultutils.py
index c5521d81bd..8fd4e0a9cf 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/resulttool/resultutils.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/resulttool/resultutils.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def save_resultsdata(results, destdir, fn="testresults.json", ptestjson=False, p
         if not ptestjson:
             resultsout = strip_ptestresults(results[res])
         with open(dst, 'w') as f:
-            f.write(json.dumps(resultsout, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
+            f.write(json.dumps(resultsout, sort_keys=True, indent=1))
         for res2 in results[res]:
             if ptestlogs and 'result' in results[res][res2]:
                 seriesresults = results[res][res2]['result']