diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_chained.py b/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_chained.py
index 6a6f5a8aa..d03dfedd9 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_chained.py
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_chained.py
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ HIER_THREADS = 4
 
 config_file = test.t_dir + "/" + test.name + ".vlt"
 
-test.compile(
-    v_flags2=[
-        config_file, "+define+SIM_CYCLES=" + str(test.cycles), "--hierarchical", "--stats",
-        (f"-DWORKERS={HIER_BLOCK_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_BLOCK_THREADS > 1 else ""),
-        (f"--hierarchical-threads {HIER_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_THREADS > 1 else "")
-    ],
-    threads=(THREADS if test.vltmt else 1),
-    context_threads=(max(HIER_THREADS, THREADS) if test.vltmt else 1))
+test.compile(v_flags2=[
+    config_file, "+define+SIM_CYCLES=" + str(test.cycles), "--hierarchical", "--stats",
+    (f"-DWORKERS={HIER_BLOCK_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_BLOCK_THREADS > 1 else ""),
+    (f"--hierarchical-threads {HIER_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_THREADS > 1 else "")
+],
+             threads=(THREADS if test.vltmt else 1),
+             context_threads=(max(HIER_THREADS, THREADS) if test.vltmt else 1))
 
 if test.vltmt:
     test.file_grep(test.obj_dir + "/V" + test.name + "__hier.dir/V" + test.name + "__stats.txt",
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_perf.py b/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_perf.py
index 694cbc7d4..e1dc4c9c9 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_perf.py
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_hier_block_perf.py
@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ HIER_THREADS = 4
 
 config_file = test.t_dir + "/" + test.name + ".vlt"
 
-test.compile(
-    v_flags2=[
-        config_file, "+define+SIM_CYCLES=" + str(test.cycles), "--prof-exec", "--hierarchical",
-        "--stats", "-Wno-UNOPTFLAT",
-        (f"-DWORKERS={HIER_BLOCK_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_BLOCK_THREADS > 1 else ""),
-        (f"--hierarchical-threads {HIER_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_THREADS > 1 else "")
-    ],
-    threads=(THREADS if test.vltmt else 1),
-    context_threads=(HIER_THREADS if test.vltmt else 1))
+test.compile(v_flags2=[
+    config_file, "+define+SIM_CYCLES=" + str(test.cycles), "--prof-exec", "--hierarchical",
+    "--stats", "-Wno-UNOPTFLAT",
+    (f"-DWORKERS={HIER_BLOCK_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_BLOCK_THREADS > 1 else ""),
+    (f"--hierarchical-threads {HIER_THREADS}" if test.vltmt and HIER_THREADS > 1 else "")
+],
+             threads=(THREADS if test.vltmt else 1),
+             context_threads=(HIER_THREADS if test.vltmt else 1))
 
 test.file_grep(test.obj_dir + "/V" + test.name + "__hier.dir/V" + test.name + "__stats.txt",
                r'Optimizations, Hierarchical DPI wrappers with costs\s+(\d+)', 6)