diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index b9c6a6a..382e568 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 macro_rules! test_println {
     ($($arg:tt)*) => {
-        if cfg!(test) || cfg!(all(thingbuf_trace, feature = "std")) {
-            if crate::util::panic::panicking() {
-                // getting the thread ID while panicking doesn't seem to play super nicely with loom's
-                // mock lazy_static...
-                println!("[PANIC {:>30}:{:<3}] {}", file!(), line!(), format_args!($($arg)*))
-            } else {
-                crate::loom::traceln(format_args!(
-                    "[{:?} {:>30}:{:<3}] {}",
-                    crate::loom::thread::current().id(),
-                    file!(),
-                    line!(),
-                    format_args!($($arg)*),
-                ));
-            }
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "std", any(thingbuf_trace, test)))]
+        if crate::util::panic::panicking() {
+            // getting the thread ID while panicking doesn't seem to play super nicely with loom's
+            // mock lazy_static...
+            println!("[PANIC {:>30}:{:<3}] {}", file!(), line!(), format_args!($($arg)*))
+        } else {
+            crate::loom::traceln(format_args!(
+                "[{:?} {:>30}:{:<3}] {}",
+                crate::loom::thread::current().id(),
+                file!(),
+                line!(),
+                format_args!($($arg)*),
+            ));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ macro_rules! test_dbg {
     ($e:expr) => {
         match $e {
             e => {
-                #[cfg(any(test, all(thingbuf_trace, feature = "std")))]
+                #[cfg(all(feature = "std", any(thingbuf_trace, test)))]
                 test_println!("{} = {:?}", stringify!($e), &e);
                 e
             }
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ macro_rules! assert_dbg {
     };
     (@$e:expr, $($msg:tt)+) => {
         {
-            #[cfg(any(test, all(thingbuf_trace, feature = "std")))]
+            #[cfg(all(feature = "std", any(thingbuf_trace, test)))]
             test_println!("ASSERT: {}{}", stringify!($e), format_args!($($msg)*));
             assert!($e, $($msg)*);
             test_println!("-> ok");
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ macro_rules! assert_eq_dbg {
     };
     (@ $a:expr, $b:expr, $($msg:tt)+) => {
         {
-            #[cfg(any(test, all(thingbuf_trace, feature = "std")))]
+            #[cfg(all(feature = "std", any(thingbuf_trace, test)))]
             test_println!("ASSERT: {} == {}{}", stringify!($a), stringify!($b), format_args!($($msg)*));
             assert_eq!($a, $b, $($msg)*);
             test_println!("-> ok");