diff --git a/packages/browser/src/client/logger.ts b/packages/browser/src/client/logger.ts
index 6b4fc854fcbe..c65eaa3f3290 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/client/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/client/logger.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { importId } from './utils'
 const { Date, console } = globalThis
 
 export async function setupConsoleLogSpy() {
-  const { stringify, format, utilInspect } = await importId('vitest/utils') as typeof import('vitest/utils')
+  const { stringify, format, inspect } = await importId('vitest/utils') as typeof import('vitest/utils')
   const { log, info, error, dir, dirxml, trace, time, timeEnd, timeLog, warn, debug, count, countReset } = console
   const formatInput = (input: unknown) => {
     if (input instanceof Node)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function setupConsoleLogSpy() {
   console.warn = stderr(warn)
 
   console.dir = (item, options) => {
-    sendLog('stdout', utilInspect(item, options))
+    sendLog('stdout', inspect(item, options))
     return dir(item, options)
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
index 615d0d83ea3f..0fc271f726f6 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function formatTitle(template: string, items: any[], idx: number) {
   let formatted = format(template, ...items.slice(0, count))
   if (isObject(items[0])) {
     formatted = formatted.replace(/\$([$\w_.]+)/g,
-      (_, key) => objDisplay(objectAttr(items[0], key), runner?.config?.chaiConfig) as unknown as string,
+      (_, key) => objDisplay(objectAttr(items[0], key), { truncate: runner?.config?.chaiConfig?.truncateThreshold }) as unknown as string,
     // https://github.com/chaijs/chai/pull/1490
     )
   }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/display.ts b/packages/utils/src/display.ts
index 95a637ec2359..9bc5ef729f96 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/display.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/display.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,99 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-node-protocol
-import * as util from 'util'
-
+// since this is already part of Vitest via Chai, we can just reuse it without increasing the size of bundle
 // @ts-expect-error doesn't have types
-import loupeImport from 'loupe'
+import { inspect as loupe } from 'loupe'
 
 interface LoupeOptions {
-  truncateThreshold?: number
+  showHidden?: boolean | undefined
+  depth?: number | null | undefined
+  colors?: boolean | undefined
+  customInspect?: boolean | undefined
+  showProxy?: boolean | undefined
+  maxArrayLength?: number | null | undefined
+  maxStringLength?: number | null | undefined
+  breakLength?: number | undefined
+  compact?: boolean | number | undefined
+  sorted?: boolean | ((a: string, b: string) => number) | undefined
+  getters?: 'get' | 'set' | boolean | undefined
+  numericSeparator?: boolean | undefined
+  truncate?: number
 }
 
-const loupe = (typeof loupeImport.default === 'function' ? loupeImport.default : loupeImport)
+const formatRegExp = /%[sdj%]/g
 
-export function format(...args: any[]) {
-  return util.format(...args)
-}
+export function format(...args: unknown[]) {
+  if (typeof args[0] !== 'string') {
+    const objects = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
+      objects.push(inspect(args[i]))
+    return objects.join(' ')
+  }
+
+  const len = args.length
+  let i = 1
+  const template = args[0]
+  let str = String(template).replace(formatRegExp, (x) => {
+    if (x === '%%')
+      return '%'
+    if (i >= len)
+      return x
+    switch (x) {
+      case '%s': {
+        const value = args[i++]
+        if (typeof value === 'bigint')
+          return `${value.toString()}n`
+        if (typeof value === 'number' && value === 0 && 1 / value < 0)
+          return '-0'
+        if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null)
+          return inspect(value, { depth: 0, colors: false, compact: 3 })
+        return String(value)
+      }
+      case '%d': {
+        const value = args[i++]
+        if (typeof value === 'bigint')
+          return `${value.toString()}n`
+        return Number(value).toString()
+      }
+      case '%i': {
+        const value = args[i++]
+        if (typeof value === 'bigint')
+          return `${value.toString()}n`
+        return Number.parseInt(String(value)).toString()
+      }
+      case '%f': return Number.parseFloat(String(args[i++])).toString()
+      case '%o': return inspect(args[i++], { showHidden: true, showProxy: true })
+      case '%O': return inspect(args[i++])
+      case '%c': return ''
+      case '%j':
+        try {
+          return JSON.stringify(args[i++])
+        }
+        catch (_) {
+          return '[Circular]'
+        }
+      default:
+        return x
+    }
+  })
+
+  for (let x = args[i]; i < len; x = args[++i]) {
+    if (x === null || typeof x !== 'object')
+      str += ` ${x}`
 
-export function utilInspect(item: unknown, options?: util.InspectOptions) {
-  return util.inspect(item, options)
+    else
+      str += ` ${inspect(x)}`
+  }
+  return str
 }
 
-// chai utils
-export function loupeInspect(obj: unknown, options: LoupeOptions = {}): string {
-  return loupe(obj, {
-    depth: 2,
-    truncate: options.truncateThreshold === 0
-      ? Infinity
-      : (options.truncateThreshold ?? 40),
-  })
+export function inspect(obj: unknown, options: LoupeOptions = {}) {
+  if (options.truncate === 0)
+    options.truncate = Infinity
+  return loupe(obj, options)
 }
 
 export function objDisplay(obj: unknown, options: LoupeOptions = {}): string {
-  const truncateThreshold = options.truncateThreshold ?? 40
-  const str = loupeInspect(obj, options)
+  const truncateThreshold = options.truncate ?? 40
+  const str = inspect(obj, options)
   const type = Object.prototype.toString.call(obj)
 
   if (truncateThreshold && str.length >= truncateThreshold) {