diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCapture.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCapture.java
index 0ead6c4c19..8958b7adf9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCapture.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCapture.java
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
-import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.AfterEachCallback;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeAllCallback;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeEachCallback;
@@ -34,12 +30,11 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ParameterResolver;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.ansi.AnsiOutput;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
-
 /**
  * JUnit5 {@code @Extension} to capture output from System.out and System.err.
  *
  * @author Madhura Bhave
+ * @since 2.2.0
  */
 public class OutputCapture implements BeforeEachCallback, AfterEachCallback,
 		BeforeAllCallback, ParameterResolver, CharSequence {
@@ -52,20 +47,9 @@ public class OutputCapture implements BeforeEachCallback, AfterEachCallback,
 
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream classLevelCopy;
 
-	private List<Matcher<? super String>> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
-
 	@Override
 	public void afterEach(ExtensionContext context) {
-		try {
-			if (!this.matchers.isEmpty()) {
-				String output = this.toString();
-				Assert.assertThat(output, allOf(this.matchers));
-			}
-		}
-		finally {
-			releaseOutput();
-		}
-
+		releaseOutput();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -168,11 +152,6 @@ public class OutputCapture implements BeforeEachCallback, AfterEachCallback,
 			this.original.flush();
 		}
 
-		@Override
-		public void write(byte[] b) throws IOException {
-			write(b, 0, b.length);
-		}
-
 		@Override
 		public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
 			this.copy.write(b, off, len);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureExtendWithTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureExtendWithTests.java
index b16b911427..13c0a74511 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureExtendWithTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureExtendWithTests.java
@@ -29,21 +29,19 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  */
 @ExtendWith(OutputCapture.class)
 @ExtendWith(OutputCaptureExtendWithTests.BeforeAllExtension.class)
-public class OutputCaptureExtendWithTests {
+class OutputCaptureExtendWithTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void captureShouldReturnOutputCapturedBeforeTestMethod(OutputCapture output) {
-		assertThat(output).contains("Before all");
-		assertThat(output).doesNotContain("Hello");
+		assertThat(output).contains("Before all").doesNotContain("Hello");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void captureShouldReturnAllCapturedOutput(OutputCapture output) {
 		System.out.println("Hello World");
 		System.err.println("Error!!!");
-		assertThat(output).contains("Before all");
-		assertThat(output).contains("Hello World");
-		assertThat(output).contains("Error!!!");
+		assertThat(output).contains("Before all").contains("Hello World")
+				.contains("Error!!!");
 	}
 
 	static class BeforeAllExtension implements BeforeAllCallback {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests.java
index 9ff38d73d7..b898f0f3b6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/extension/OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  *
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  */
-public class OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests {
+class OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests {
 
 	@RegisterExtension
 	OutputCapture output = new OutputCapture();
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public class OutputCaptureRegisterExtensionTests {
 	void captureShouldReturnAllCapturedOutput() {
 		System.out.println("Hello World");
 		System.err.println("Error!!!");
-		assertThat(this.output).contains("Hello World");
-		assertThat(this.output).contains("Error!!!");
+		assertThat(this.output).contains("Hello World").contains("Error!!!");
 	}
 
 }