diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/core/projecthelpers-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/core/projecthelpers-test.xml
index cc293765c..9e9000dda 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/core/projecthelpers-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/core/projecthelpers-test.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
   <import file="../antunit-base.xml"/>
 
-  <property name="projecthelperin" location="${java.io.tmpdir}/projecthelperinput"/>
-  <property name="projecthelperout" location="${java.io.tmpdir}/projecthelperoutput"/>
+  <property name="projecthelperin" location="${input}"/>
+  <property name="projecthelperout" location="${output}"/>
 
   <target name="compileHelpers">
     <mkdir dir="${projecthelperin}/org/apache/tools/ant"/>
@@ -83,8 +83,4 @@
     <ant antfile="projecthelpers/build-cross-extension.xml" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="tearDown" depends="antunit-base.tearDown">
-    <delete dir="${projecthelperin}"/>
-    <delete dir="${projecthelperout}"/>
-  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/core/uuencode/uuencode-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/core/uuencode/uuencode-test.xml
index e42e227f0..f59c3decb 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/core/uuencode/uuencode-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/core/uuencode/uuencode-test.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project default="all" xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
+  <import file="../../antunit-base.xml"/>
+
   <property name="ant.build.dir" location="../../../../../build"/>
   <property name="my.build.dir"
             location="${ant.build.dir}/ant-unit/uuencode-dir"/>
-  <property name="classes.dir" location="${my.build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="classes.dir" location="${output}"/>
 
   <available property="sun.uudecode.avail" classname="sun.misc.UUDecoder"/>
 
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/filters/replacetokens-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/filters/replacetokens-test.xml
index fda36a314..c1f98ab63 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/filters/replacetokens-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/filters/replacetokens-test.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   <import file="../propertyhelpers.xml" as="ph"/>
 
-  <target name="tearDown" depends="antunit-base.tearDown,ph.tearDown">
+  <target name="tearDown" depends="antunit-base.tearDown">
     <delete dir="foo"/>
   </target>