diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes.inc b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 576118ffd63..00000000000
--- a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-function create_sleep_script()
-{
-	$fname = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "proc_open_pipes_sleep.php";
-
-	if (!file_exists($fname)) {
-		file_put_contents($fname, "<?php\nsleep(1);\n");
-	}
-
-	return $fname;
-}
-
-function unlink_sleep_script()
-{
-	$fname = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "proc_open_pipes_sleep.php";
-
-	if (file_exists($fname)) {
-		unlink($fname);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes1.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes1.phpt
index f3335bc8ce6..dd0550f7fd3 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes1.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes1.phpt
@@ -3,26 +3,17 @@ proc_open() with > 16 pipes
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
 for ($i = 3; $i<= 30; $i++) {
 	$spec[$i] = array('pipe', 'w');
 }
 
 $php = getenv("TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE");
-$callee = create_sleep_script();
+$callee = __DIR__ . "/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc";
 proc_open("$php -n $callee", $spec, $pipes);
 
 var_dump(count($spec));
 var_dump($pipes);
 
-?>
---CLEAN--
-<?php
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
-unlink_sleep_script();
-
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 int(28)
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes2.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes2.phpt
index 21734773a32..3c1cf969559 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes2.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes2.phpt
@@ -3,24 +3,15 @@ proc_open() with no pipes
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
 $spec = array();
 
 $php = getenv("TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE");
-$callee = create_sleep_script();
+$callee = __DIR__ . "/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc";
 proc_open("$php -n $callee", $spec, $pipes);
 
 var_dump(count($spec));
 var_dump($pipes);
 
-?>
---CLEAN--
-<?php
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
-unlink_sleep_script();
-
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
 int(0)
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes3.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes3.phpt
index d64987018bd..7671b1dce17 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes3.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes3.phpt
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ proc_open() with invalid pipes
 --FILE--
 <?php
 
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
 for ($i = 3; $i<= 5; $i++) {
 	$spec[$i] = array('pipe', 'w');
 }
 
 $php = getenv("TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE");
-$callee = create_sleep_script();
+$callee = __DIR__ . "/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc";
 
 $spec[$i] = array('pi');
 proc_open("$php -n $callee", $spec, $pipes);
@@ -27,13 +25,6 @@ proc_open("$php -n $callee", $spec, $pipes);
 var_dump($pipes);
 
 echo "END\n";
-?>
---CLEAN--
-<?php
-include dirname(__FILE__) . "/proc_open_pipes.inc";
-
-unlink_sleep_script();
-
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 Warning: proc_open(): pi is not a valid descriptor spec/mode in %s on line %d
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53eab093874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/proc_open_pipes_sleep.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php
+sleep(1);