diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/antlr/antlr.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/antlr/antlr.xml
index 21d3f14c7..d015020d2 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/antlr/antlr.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/antlr/antlr.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
 
 <project name="antlr-test" basedir="." default="test1">
 
-  <property name="tmp.dir" location="antlr.tmp"/>
+  <import file="../../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-
-  <target name="setup">
-    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="test1">
@@ -30,17 +29,17 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="test2">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}"/>
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test3" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  <target name="test3" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}"/>
     <fail>
       <condition>
         <!-- to prove each of these files exists;
              ANTLR >= 2.7.6 leaves behind new (.smap) files as well. -->
         <resourcecount when="ne" count="5">
-          <fileset dir="${tmp.dir}">
+          <fileset dir="${output}">
             <include name="CalcParserTokenTypes.txt" />
             <include name="CalcParserTokenTypes.java" />
             <include name="CalcLexer.java" />
@@ -52,20 +51,20 @@
     </fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test4" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="java.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}"/>
-    <antlr dir="${tmp.dir}" target="java.tree.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  <target name="test4" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="java.g" outputdirectory="${output}"/>
+    <antlr dir="${output}" target="java.tree.g" outputdirectory="${output}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test5" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="java.tree.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" fork="yes"/>
+  <target name="test5" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="java.tree.g" outputdirectory="${output}" fork="yes"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test6" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="java.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" />
-    <antlr dir="${tmp.dir}"
+  <target name="test6" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="java.g" outputdirectory="${output}" />
+    <antlr dir="${output}"
            target="java.tree.g"
-           outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}"
+           outputdirectory="${output}"
            fork="yes"/>
   </target>
 
@@ -73,58 +72,58 @@
     <antlr target="antlr.xml"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test8" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="extended.calc.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" glib="non-existent-file.g"/>
+  <target name="test8" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="extended.calc.g" outputdirectory="${output}" glib="non-existent-file.g"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test9" depends="setup">
+  <target name="test9" depends="setUp">
     <!-- Note that I had to copy the grammars over to the temporary directory.  -->
     <!-- This is because ANTLR expects the super grammar and its generated java -->
     <!-- files to be in the same directory, which won't be the case if I use    -->
     <!-- the output directory option. -->
-    <copy file="antlr.g" todir="${tmp.dir}"/>
-    <copy file="extended.calc.g" todir="${tmp.dir}"/>
-    <antlr target="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
-    <antlr target="${tmp.dir}/extended.calc.g" glib="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
+    <copy file="antlr.g" todir="${output}"/>
+    <copy file="extended.calc.g" todir="${output}"/>
+    <antlr target="${output}/antlr.g"/>
+    <antlr target="${output}/extended.calc.g" glib="${output}/antlr.g"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test10" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" html="yes"/>
+  <target name="test10" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}" html="yes"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test11" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" diagnostic="yes"/>
+  <target name="test11" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}" diagnostic="yes"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test12" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" trace="yes"/>
+  <target name="test12" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}" trace="yes"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test13" depends="setup">
-    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${tmp.dir}" traceLexer="yes" traceParser="yes" traceTreeWalker="yes"/>
+  <target name="test13" depends="setUp">
+    <antlr target="antlr.g" outputdirectory="${output}" traceLexer="yes" traceParser="yes" traceTreeWalker="yes"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- test9 will have been run before that -->
   <target name="noRecompile">
-    <antlr target="${tmp.dir}/extended.calc.g" glib="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
+    <antlr target="${output}/extended.calc.g" glib="${output}/antlr.g"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- test9 will have been run before that -->
   <target name="normalRecompile">
     <sleep seconds="2"/>
-    <touch file="${tmp.dir}/extended.calc.g"/>
-    <antlr target="${tmp.dir}/extended.calc.g" glib="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
+    <touch file="${output}/extended.calc.g"/>
+    <antlr target="${output}/extended.calc.g" glib="${output}/antlr.g"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- test9 will have been run before that -->
   <target name="supergrammarChangeRecompile">
     <sleep seconds="2"/>
-    <touch file="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
-    <antlr target="${tmp.dir}/extended.calc.g" glib="${tmp.dir}/antlr.g"/>
+    <touch file="${output}/antlr.g"/>
+    <antlr target="${output}/extended.calc.g" glib="${output}/antlr.g"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete dir="${tmp.dir}" />
+  <target name="tearDown">
+    <delete dir="${output}" />
     <delete file="../../../../../../CalcParserTokenTypes.txt"/>
   </target>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
index 3d4016865..3fa323a4a 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/replaceregexp.xml
@@ -16,68 +16,68 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project name="test" default="def" basedir=".">
-  <property name="tmpregexp" location="tmpregexp"/>
-  <target name="def">
-    <fail>This build file should only be run from within the testcase</fail>
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <property name="root" location="../../../../.."/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="setup">
-    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="test.properties" />
+  <target name="def">
+    <fail>This build file should only be run from within the testcase</fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="setup-nl">
-    <copy file="replaceregexp2.properties" tofile="test.properties" />
+  <target name="setUp-nl">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <copy file="replaceregexp2.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testReplace" depends="setup">
-    <replaceregexp file="test.properties" byline="true">
+  <target name="testReplace" depends="setUp">
+    <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
       <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
       <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
   <!-- use in conjunction with testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange to make sure something will happen -->
   <target name="touchDirectory">
-    <mkdir dir="${tmpregexp}"/>
-    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${tmpregexp}/test.properties" />
+    <copy file="replaceregexp.properties" tofile="${output}/test.properties" />
     <sleep seconds="2"/>
   </target>
   <target name="testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange">
-    <replaceregexp file="${tmpregexp}/test.properties" byline="true">
+    <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
       <regexp pattern="foo" />
         <substitution expression="bar"/>
       </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testDontAddNewline1" depends="setup-nl">
-    <replaceregexp file="test.properties" byline="false">
+  <target name="testDontAddNewline1" depends="setUp-nl">
+    <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="false">
       <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
       <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testDontAddNewline2" depends="setup-nl">
-    <replaceregexp file="test.properties" byline="true">
+  <target name="testDontAddNewline2" depends="setUp-nl">
+    <replaceregexp file="${output}/test.properties" byline="true">
       <regexp pattern="Old(.*)=(.*)" />
       <substitution expression="NewProp=\1\2" />
     </replaceregexp>
   </target>
 
   <target name="lastModifiedSetup">
-    <mkdir dir="${tmpregexp}"/>
-    <echo file="${tmpregexp}/test.txt">Hello, world!</echo>
+    <echo file="${output}/test.txt">Hello, world!</echo>
   </target>
+
   <target name="testNoPreserve">
-    <replaceregexp match="world" replace="Ant" file="${tmpregexp}/test.txt"/>
+    <replaceregexp match="world" replace="Ant" file="${output}/test.txt"/>
   </target>
+
   <target name="testPreserve">
-    <replaceregexp match="world" replace="Ant" file="${tmpregexp}/test.txt"
+    <replaceregexp match="world" replace="Ant" file="${output}/test.txt"
                    preserveLastModified="true"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete file="test.properties" />
-    <delete dir="${tmpregexp}" quiet="true"/>
-  </target>
-
 </project>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml
index 5e6bf0cbf..d872ea8c3 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<project name="xslt" default="xslt" basedir=".">
-  <property name="nonasciidir" value="xml/&#0227;nt"/>
-  <target name="init">
-      <mkdir dir="xml/out"/>
+<project name="xslt" default="tearDown" basedir=".">
+
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="initNonAscii">
-      <mkdir dir="${nonasciidir}"/>
+  <target name="initNonAscii" depends="setUp">
+    <property name="nonasciidir" value="${output}/&#0227;nt"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${nonasciidir}"/>
       <copy todir="${nonasciidir}">
         <fileset dir="xml">
           <include name="docwithentity.xml"/>
@@ -32,13 +35,8 @@
       </copy>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="teardown">
-      <delete dir="xml/out"/>
-      <delete dir="${nonasciidir}" quiet="true"/>
-  </target>
-  
-  <target name="testCatchNoDtd" depends="init">
-    <xslt basedir="xml" destdir="xml/out"
+  <target name="testCatchNoDtd" depends="setUp">
+    <xslt basedir="xml" destdir="${output}"
            includes="about.xml"
            extension=".txt"
            style="xml/doc.xsl">
@@ -50,8 +48,8 @@
      location="xml/doc.dtd"/>
   </xmlcatalog>  
   
-  <target name="testCatalog" depends="init">
-    <xslt destdir="xml/out"
+  <target name="testCatalog" depends="setUp">
+    <xslt destdir="${output}"
            includes="about.xml"
            extension=".txt"
            style="xml/doc.xsl">
@@ -59,9 +57,9 @@
      </xslt>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testOutputProperty" depends="init">
+  <target name="testOutputProperty" depends="setUp">
     <xslt in="xml/test.xml"
-           out="xml/out/test-out.xml"
+           out="${output}/test-out.xml"
            style="xml/test.xsl">
       <outputproperty name="method" value="xml"/>
       <outputproperty name="standalone" value="yes"/>
@@ -71,17 +69,17 @@
   </target>
   
   
-  <target name="testFactory" depends="init">
+  <target name="testFactory" depends="setUp">
     <xslt in="xml/test.xml"
-           out="xml/out/test-out.xml"
+           out="${output}/test-out.xml"
            style="xml/test.xsl">
            <factory name="org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl"/>
     </xslt>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testAttribute" depends="init">
+  <target name="testAttribute" depends="setUp">
     <xslt in="xml/test.xml"
-           out="xml/out/test-out.xml"
+           out="${output}/test-out.xml"
            style="xml/test.xsl">
            <factory name="org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl">
             <attribute name="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/features/optimize" value="true"/>
@@ -91,13 +89,13 @@
   <!-- inspired by bug report 37348 -->
   <target name="testXMLWithEntitiesInNonAsciiPath" depends="initNonAscii">
     <xslt in="${nonasciidir}/docwithentity.xml"
-           out="xml/out/test-out.xml"
+           out="${output}/test-out.xml"
            style="xml/apache.xsl">
     </xslt>
   </target>
-  <target name="testStyleSheetWithInclude" depends="init">
+  <target name="testStyleSheetWithInclude" depends="setUp">
     <xslt in="xml/books.xml"
-           out="xml/out/test-out.xml"
+           out="${output}/test-out.xml"
            style="xml/stylesheet_with_include.xsl">
     </xslt>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ANTLRTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ANTLRTest.java
index d886d8284..389b7673a 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ANTLRTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ANTLRTest.java
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ public class ANTLRTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject(TASKDEFS_DIR + "antlr.xml");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void test1() {
         expectBuildException("test1", "required argument, target, missing");
     }
@@ -99,8 +95,7 @@ public class ANTLRTest extends BuildFileTest {
      */
     public void test10() {
         executeTarget("test10");
-        File outputDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("root"), TASKDEFS_DIR + "antlr.tmp");
-        String[] calcFiles = outputDirectory.list(new HTMLFilter());
+         String[] calcFiles = getOutputDir().list(new HTMLFilter());
         assertTrue(calcFiles.length > 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
index fa84e9569..126acd1d9 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ReplaceRegExpTest.java
@@ -41,15 +41,11 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject(PROJECT_PATH + "/replaceregexp.xml");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void testReplace() throws IOException {
         Properties original = new Properties();
         FileInputStream propsFile = null;
         try {
-            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/replaceregexp.properties"));
+            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(project.getBaseDir() + "/replaceregexp.properties"));
             original.load(propsFile);
         } finally {
             if (propsFile != null) {
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
         Properties after = new Properties();
         try {
-            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/test.properties"));
+            propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(getOutputDir(), "test.properties"));
             after.load(propsFile);
         } finally {
             if (propsFile != null) {
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest extends BuildFileTest {
     // inspired by bug 22541
     public void testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange() {
         executeTarget("touchDirectory");
-        File myFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/" + getProject().getProperty("tmpregexp"));
+        File myFile = getOutputDir();
         long timeStampBefore = myFile.lastModified();
         executeTarget("testDirectoryDateDoesNotChange");
         long timeStampAfter = myFile.lastModified();
@@ -90,34 +86,32 @@ public class ReplaceRegExpTest extends BuildFileTest {
         executeTarget("testDontAddNewline1");
         assertTrue("Files match",
                    FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/test.properties"),
-                                  new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/replaceregexp2.result.properties")));
+                   .contentEquals(new File(getOutputDir(), "test.properties"),
+                                  new File(getProjectDir(), "replaceregexp2.result.properties")));
     }
 
     public void testDontAddNewline2() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("testDontAddNewline2");
         assertTrue("Files match",
                    FILE_UTILS
-                   .contentEquals(new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/test.properties"),
-                                  new File(System.getProperty("root"), PROJECT_PATH + "/replaceregexp2.result.properties")));
+                   .contentEquals(new File(getOutputDir(), "test.properties"),
+                                  new File(getProjectDir(), "replaceregexp2.result.properties")));
     }
 
     public void testNoPreserveLastModified() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("lastModifiedSetup");
-        String tmpdir = project.getProperty("tmpregexp");
-        long ts1 = new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified();
+        long ts1 = new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified();
         Thread.sleep(3000);
         executeTarget("testNoPreserve");
-        assertTrue(ts1 < new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified());
+        assertTrue(ts1 < new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified());
     }
 
     public void testPreserveLastModified() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("lastModifiedSetup");
-        String tmpdir = project.getProperty("tmpregexp");
-        long ts1 = new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified();
+        long ts1 = new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified();
         Thread.sleep(3000);
         executeTarget("testPreserve");
-        assertTrue(ts1 == new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified());
+        assertTrue(ts1 == new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified());
     }
 
 }// ReplaceRegExpTest
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XsltTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XsltTest.java
index 6b23848b0..a23afd4ca 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XsltTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XsltTest.java
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ public class XsltTest extends BuildFileTest {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     * The teardown method for JUnit
-     */
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("teardown");
-    }
-
-
 
     /**
      * A unit test for JUnit
@@ -79,16 +71,6 @@ public class XsltTest extends BuildFileTest {
       executeTarget("testOutputProperty");
     }
 
-    /* Only runs if xalan.jar is in CP (not incl. Sun's JRE repackaging):
-    public void testFactory() throws Exception {
-        executeTarget("testFactory");
-    }
-
-    public void testAttribute() throws Exception {
-        executeTarget("testAttribute");
-    }
-    */
-
     public void testXMLWithEntitiesInNonAsciiPath() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testXMLWithEntitiesInNonAsciiPath");
     }