diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/body.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/body.rs
index b9064e896..01391febc 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/body.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/body.rs
@@ -89,25 +89,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    pub fn create_test_file() {
-        let path = Path::new("/tmp/data.bin");
-        let display = path.display();
-        if File::open(path).is_err() {
-            match File::create(&path) {
-                Err(why) => panic!("couldn't create {}: {:?}", display, why),
-                Ok(mut file) => match file.write_all(b"Hello World!") {
-                    Err(why) => panic!("couldn't write to {}: {:?}", display, why),
-                    Ok(_) => println!("successfully wrote to {}", display),
-                },
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     #[test]
     pub fn test_body_file() {
-        create_test_file();
-
         // file, data.bin;
         let whitespace = Whitespace {
             value: String::from(" "),
@@ -117,7 +100,7 @@ mod tests {
         let bytes = Bytes::File {
             space0: whitespace.clone(),
             filename: Filename {
-                value: String::from("/tmp/data.bin"),
+                value: String::from("tests/data.bin"),
                 source_info: SourceInfo::init(1, 7, 1, 15),
             },
             space1: whitespace.clone(),
@@ -125,7 +108,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let variables = HashMap::new();
         assert_eq!(
-            eval_bytes(bytes, &variables, "current_dir".to_string()).unwrap(),
+            eval_bytes(bytes, &variables, ".".to_string()).unwrap(),
             b"Hello World!"
         );
     }
diff --git a/packages/hurl/tests/cookies.txt b/packages/hurl/tests/cookies.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13c7e038f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hurl/tests/cookies.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost	FALSE	/	FALSE	0	cookie2	valueA
diff --git a/packages/hurl/tests/data.bin b/packages/hurl/tests/data.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c57eff55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hurl/tests/data.bin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs b/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
index fb075a10d..becea4f00 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use hurl::http::*;
@@ -701,15 +699,10 @@ fn test_cookie_storage() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_cookie_file() {
-    let temp_file = "/tmp/cookies";
-    let mut file = File::create(temp_file).expect("can not create temp file!");
-    file.write_all(b"localhost\tFALSE\t/\tFALSE\t0\tcookie2\tvalueA\n")
-        .unwrap();
-
     let options = ClientOptions {
         follow_location: false,
         max_redirect: None,
-        cookie_input_file: Some(temp_file.to_string()),
+        cookie_input_file: Some("tests/cookies.txt".to_string()),
         proxy: None,
         no_proxy: None,
         verbose: false,