diff --git a/framework/src/base/MooseApp.C b/framework/src/base/MooseApp.C
index f4cd555d2967..ac8c7bcae56a 100644
--- a/framework/src/base/MooseApp.C
+++ b/framework/src/base/MooseApp.C
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ MooseApp::validParams()
   params.setGlobalCommandLineParam("recover");
 
   params.addCommandLineParam<bool>(
-      "suppress_header", "--suppress-header", "Flag to print the App header");
+      "suppress_header", "--suppress-header", false, "Flag to print the App header");
   params.setGlobalCommandLineParam("suppress_header");
 
   params.addCommandLineParam<bool>(
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ MooseApp::setupOptions()
   TIME_SECTION("setupOptions", 5, "Setting Up Options");
 
   // Print the header, this is as early as possible
-  if (isParamValid("suppress_header") && !getParam<bool>("suppress_header"))
+  if (header().length() && !getParam<bool>("suppress_header"))
     _console << header() << std::endl;
 
   if (getParam<bool>("error_unused"))
diff --git a/test/include/base/MooseTestApp.h b/test/include/base/MooseTestApp.h
index d05c18d13a50..fc5f0fd6a84c 100644
--- a/test/include/base/MooseTestApp.h
+++ b/test/include/base/MooseTestApp.h
@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@ class MooseTestApp : public MooseApp
 
   static void registerAll(Factory & f, ActionFactory & af, Syntax & s, bool use_test_objs = false);
   static void registerApps();
-
-  virtual std::string header() const override;
 };
diff --git a/test/src/base/MooseTestApp.C b/test/src/base/MooseTestApp.C
index 2ac8aa840b8b..0de2faae4892 100644
--- a/test/src/base/MooseTestApp.C
+++ b/test/src/base/MooseTestApp.C
@@ -141,12 +141,6 @@ MooseTestApp::registerApps()
   registerApp(MooseTestApp);
 }
 
-std::string
-MooseTestApp::header() const
-{
-  return std::string("MOOSE Test App\n");
-}
-
 extern "C" void
 MooseTestApp__registerAll(Factory & f, ActionFactory & af, Syntax & s)
 {
diff --git a/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/dt_from_parent_parent.i b/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/dt_from_parent_parent.i
index 4478534b721a..5dceff18880d 100644
--- a/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/dt_from_parent_parent.i
+++ b/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/dt_from_parent_parent.i
@@ -6,57 +6,54 @@
 []
 
 [Variables]
-  [u]
-  []
+  [./u]
+  [../]
 []
 
 [Kernels]
-  [diff]
+  [./diff]
     type = Diffusion
     variable = u
-  []
+  [../]
 []
 
 [BCs]
-  [left]
+  [./left]
     type = DirichletBC
     variable = u
     boundary = left
     value = 0
-  []
-  [right]
+  [../]
+  [./right]
     type = DirichletBC
     variable = u
     boundary = right
     value = 1
-  []
+  [../]
 []
 
 [Executioner]
   type = Transient
   num_steps = 1
   dt = 0.25
-
   solve_type = 'PJFNK'
-
   petsc_options_iname = '-pc_type -pc_hypre_type'
   petsc_options_value = 'hypre boomeramg'
 []
 
 [Outputs]
   exodus = true
-  color = false
-  [out]
+  [./out]
     type = Console
     output_file = true
-  []
+  [../]
 []
 
 [MultiApps]
-  [sub]
+  [./sub]
     type = TransientMultiApp
     app_type = MooseTestApp
     positions = '0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0'
     input_files = dt_from_parent_sub.i
-  []
+  [../]
 []
diff --git a/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/tests b/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/tests
index 7b827581cebc..60475049f6cf 100644
--- a/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/tests
+++ b/test/tests/multiapps/multilevel/tests
@@ -28,21 +28,6 @@
 
       detail = "where the sub-application controls the time step for the parent application,"
     []
-    [header_check]
-      type = 'RunApp'
-      input = 'dt_from_parent_parent.i'
-      prereq = group/dt_from_parent
-      expect_out = 'MOOSE Test App\n\nsub0: MOOSE Test App\nsub0: \nsub0_sub0: MOOSE Test App'
-      detail = "and append the subapp number to the header"
-    []
-    [suppress_subapp_header]
-      type = 'RunApp'
-      input = 'dt_from_parent_parent.i'
-      prereq = group/header_check
-      cli_args = 'MultiApps/sub/cli_args=--suppress-header'
-      absent_out = '\nsub0: MOOSE Test App'
-      detail = "and suppress the subapp header."
-    []
   []
 
   [console_to_file]