diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ConsoleReporter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ConsoleReporter.scala
index 0609dd8c643c..f872968006b0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ConsoleReporter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ConsoleReporter.scala
@@ -12,27 +12,30 @@ import Diagnostic.{ Error, ConditionalWarning }
 class ConsoleReporter(
   reader: BufferedReader = Console.in,
   writer: PrintWriter = new PrintWriter(Console.err, true)
-) extends AbstractReporter {
+) extends ConsoleReporter.AbstractConsoleReporter {
+  override def printMessage(msg: String): Unit = { writer.print(msg + "\n"); writer.flush() }
+  override def flush()(using Context): Unit    = writer.flush()
 
-  import Diagnostic._
-
-  /** Prints the message. */
-  def printMessage(msg: String): Unit = { writer.print(msg + "\n"); writer.flush() }
-
-  /** Prints the message with the given position indication. */
-  def doReport(dia: Diagnostic)(using Context): Unit = {
+  override def doReport(dia: Diagnostic)(using Context): Unit = {
+    super.doReport(dia)
     dia match
-      case dia: Error =>
-        printMessage(messageAndPos(dia))
-        if (ctx.settings.Xprompt.value) Reporter.displayPrompt(reader, writer)
-      case dia =>
-        printMessage(messageAndPos(dia))
-
-    if shouldExplain(dia) then
-      printMessage(explanation(dia.msg))
-    else if dia.msg.canExplain then
-      printMessage("\nlonger explanation available when compiling with `-explain`")
+      case dia: Error if ctx.settings.Xprompt.value => Reporter.displayPrompt(reader, writer)
+      case _                                        =>
   }
+}
+
+object ConsoleReporter {
+  abstract class AbstractConsoleReporter extends AbstractReporter {
+    /** Prints the message. */
+    def printMessage(msg: String): Unit
 
-  override def flush()(using Context): Unit = { writer.flush() }
+    /** Prints the message with the given position indication. */
+    def doReport(dia: Diagnostic)(using Context): Unit = {
+      printMessage(messageAndPos(dia))
+      if Diagnostic.shouldExplain(dia) then
+        printMessage(explanation(dia.msg))
+      else if dia.msg.canExplain then
+        printMessage("\nlonger explanation available when compiling with `-explain`")
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala
index b2a8f9afb88e..40876b260394 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package dotty.tools.repl
 
-import java.io.{File => JFile, PrintStream, PrintWriter}
+import java.io.{File => JFile, PrintStream}
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.Trees._
@@ -425,12 +425,12 @@ class ReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
     state
   }
 
-  /** Like ConsoleReporter, but without file paths or real -Xprompt'ing */
-  private object ReplConsoleReporter extends ConsoleReporter(
-    reader = null, // this short-circuits the -Xprompt display from waiting for an input
-    writer = new PrintWriter(out, /* autoFlush = */ true), // write to out, not Console.err
-  ) {
+  /** Like ConsoleReporter, but without file paths, -Xprompt displaying,
+   *  and using a PrintStream rather than a PrintWriter so messages aren't re-encoded. */
+  private object ReplConsoleReporter extends ConsoleReporter.AbstractConsoleReporter {
     override def posFileStr(pos: SourcePosition) = "" // omit file paths
+    override def printMessage(msg: String): Unit = out.println(msg)
+    override def flush()(using Context): Unit    = out.flush()
   }
 
   /** Print warnings & errors using ReplConsoleReporter, and info straight to out */
diff --git a/compiler/test-resources/pending/repl/errmsgs b/compiler/test-resources/repl/errmsgs
similarity index 96%
rename from compiler/test-resources/pending/repl/errmsgs
rename to compiler/test-resources/repl/errmsgs
index f1207276df6d..14e9d44fa0b8 100644
--- a/compiler/test-resources/pending/repl/errmsgs
+++ b/compiler/test-resources/repl/errmsgs
@@ -51,19 +51,19 @@ scala> abstract class C { type T; val x: T; val s: Unit = { type T = String; var
 1 | abstract class C { type T; val x: T; val s: Unit = { type T = String; var y: T = x; locally { def f() = { type T = Int; val z: T = y }; f() } }; }
   |                                                                                  ^
   |Found:    (C.this.x : C.this.T)
-  |Required: T?
+  |Required: T²
   |
   |where:    T  is a type in class C
-  |          T? is a type in the initializer of value s which is an alias of String
+  |          T² is a type in the initializer of value s which is an alias of String
 longer explanation available when compiling with `-explain`
 -- [E007] Type Mismatch Error: -------------------------------------------------
 1 | abstract class C { type T; val x: T; val s: Unit = { type T = String; var y: T = x; locally { def f() = { type T = Int; val z: T = y }; f() } }; }
   |                                                                                                                                    ^
   |Found:    (y : T)
-  |Required: T?
+  |Required: T²
   |
   |where:    T  is a type in the initializer of value s which is an alias of String
-  |          T? is a type in method f which is an alias of Int
+  |          T² is a type in method f which is an alias of Int
 longer explanation available when compiling with `-explain`
 2 errors found
 scala> class Foo() { def bar: Int = 1 }; val foo = new Foo(); foo.barr