diff --git a/test/integration/targets/blocks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/blocks/main.yml
index a4d8b8bbe8..ea61d05869 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/blocks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/blocks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: simple block test
-  hosts: localhost
+  hosts: testhost
   gather_facts: yes
   strategy: "{{test_strategy|default('linear')}}"
   vars:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/config/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/config/runme.sh
index 4d6703e3b7..068eed0c9a 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/config/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/config/runme.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eux
 
 # ignore empty env var and use default
 # shellcheck disable=SC1007
-ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT= ansible -m ping localhost "$@"
+ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT= ansible -m ping testhost -i ../../inventory "$@"
 
 # env var is wrong type, this should be a fatal error pointing at the setting
-ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT='lola' ansible -m ping localhost "$@" 2>&1|grep 'Invalid type for configuration option setting: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT'
+ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT='lola' ansible -m ping testhost -i ../../inventory "$@" 2>&1|grep 'Invalid type for configuration option setting: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/fetch/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/fetch/meta/main.yml
index 07faa21776..cb6005d042 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/fetch/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/fetch/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dependencies:
   - prepare_tests
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/fetch/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/fetch/tasks/main.yml
index d7ea3ea947..af213698af 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/fetch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/fetch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 - name: create a file that we can use to fetch
-  copy: content="test" dest={{ output_dir }}/orig
+  copy: content="test" dest={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/orig
 
 - name: fetch the motd
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/orig dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/orig dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
   register: fetched
 
 - debug: var=fetched
@@ -31,22 +31,14 @@
       - 'fetched["changed"] == True'
       - 'fetched["checksum"] == "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3"'
       - 'fetched["remote_checksum"] == "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3"'
+      - 'lookup("file", output_dir + "/fetched/" + inventory_hostname + remote_tmp_dir + "/orig") == "test"'
 
 # TODO: check the become and non-become forms of fetch because in one form we'll do
 # the get method of the connection plugin and in the become case we'll use the
 # fetch module.
 
-- name: diff what we fetched with the original file
-  shell: diff {{ output_dir }}/orig {{ output_dir }}/fetched/{{inventory_hostname}}{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/orig
-  register: diff
-
-- name: check the diff to make sure they are the same
-  assert:
-    that:
-      'diff.stdout == ""'
-
 - name: fetch a second time to show idempotence
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/orig dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/orig dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
   register: fetched
 
 - name: Assert that the file was not fetched the second time
@@ -56,7 +48,7 @@
       - 'fetched["checksum"] == "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3"'
 
 - name: attempt to fetch a non-existent file - do not fail on missing
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched fail_on_missing=False
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched fail_on_missing=False
   register: fetch_missing_nofail
 
 - name: check fetch missing no fail result
@@ -66,7 +58,7 @@
       - "fetch_missing_nofail is not changed"
 
 - name: attempt to fetch a non-existent file - fail on missing
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched fail_on_missing=yes
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched fail_on_missing=yes
   register: fetch_missing
   ignore_errors: true
 
@@ -78,7 +70,7 @@
       - "fetch_missing is not changed"
 
 - name: attempt to fetch a non-existent file - fail on missing implicit
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/doesnotexist dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched
   register: fetch_missing_implicit
   ignore_errors: true
 
@@ -90,7 +82,7 @@
       - "fetch_missing_implicit is not changed"
 
 - name: attempt to fetch a directory - should not fail but return a message
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }} dest={{ output_dir }}/somedir fail_on_missing=False
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }} dest={{ output_dir }}/somedir fail_on_missing=False
   register: fetch_dir
 
 - name: check fetch directory result
@@ -100,7 +92,7 @@
       - "fetch_dir.msg"
 
 - name: attempt to fetch a directory - should fail
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }} dest={{ output_dir }}/somedir fail_on_missing=True
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }} dest={{ output_dir }}/somedir fail_on_missing=True
   register: failed_fetch_dir
   ignore_errors: true
 
@@ -112,32 +104,31 @@
 
 - name: create symlink to a file that we can fetch
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/link"
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/orig"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/orig"
     state: "link"
 
 - name: fetch the file via a symlink
-  fetch: src={{ output_dir }}/link dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched-link
+  fetch: src={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link dest={{ output_dir }}/fetched-link
   register: fetched
 
 - debug: var=fetched
 
+- name: Assert that we fetched correctly
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - 'fetched["changed"] == True'
+      - 'fetched["checksum"] == "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3"'
+      - 'fetched["remote_checksum"] == "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3"'
+      - 'lookup("file", output_dir + "/fetched-link/" + inventory_hostname + remote_tmp_dir + "/link") == "test"'
+
 # TODO: check the become and non-become forms of fetch because in one form we'll do
 # the get method of the connection plugin and in the become case we'll use the
 # fetch module.
 
-- name: diff what we fetched with the original file
-  shell: diff {{ output_dir }}/orig {{ output_dir }}/fetched-link/{{inventory_hostname}}{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/link
-  register: diff
-
-- name: check the diff to make sure they are the same
-  assert:
-    that:
-      'diff.stdout == ""'
-
 - name: dest is an existing directory name without trailing slash and flat=yes, should fail
   fetch:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/orig"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/orig"
     dest: "{{ output_dir }}"
     flat: yes
   register: failed_fetch_dest_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/get_url/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/get_url/meta/main.yml
index a5f3f70736..2c2155aba0 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/get_url/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/get_url/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 dependencies:
   - prepare_tests
   - prepare_http_tests
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/get_url/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/get_url/tasks/main.yml
index 170b080713..e6d6d9c614 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/get_url/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/get_url/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
 - name: Define test files for file schema
   set_fact:
-    geturl_srcfile: "{{ output_dir }}/aurlfile.txt"
-    geturl_dstfile: "{{ output_dir }}/aurlfile_copy.txt"
+    geturl_srcfile: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/aurlfile.txt"
+    geturl_dstfile: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/aurlfile_copy.txt"
 
 - name: Create source file
   copy:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 - name: test HTTP HEAD request for file in check mode
   get_url:
     url: "https://{{ httpbin_host }}/get"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/get_url_check.txt"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/get_url_check.txt"
     force: yes
   check_mode: True
   register: result
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 - name: test HTTP HEAD for nonexistent URL in check mode
   get_url:
     url: "https://{{ httpbin_host }}/DOESNOTEXIST"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
     force: yes
   check_mode: True
   register: result
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       - result is failed
 
 - name: test https fetch
-  get_url: url="https://{{ httpbin_host }}/get" dest={{output_dir}}/get_url.txt force=yes
+  get_url: url="https://{{ httpbin_host }}/get" dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/get_url.txt force=yes
   register: result
 
 - name: assert the get_url call was successful
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@
 - name: test https fetch to a site with mismatched hostname and certificate
   get_url:
     url: "https://{{ badssl_host }}/"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
   ignore_errors: True
   register: result
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/shouldnotexist.html"
   register: stat_result
 
 - name: Assert that the file was not downloaded
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@
 - name: test https fetch to a site with mismatched hostname and certificate and validate_certs=no
   get_url:
     url: "https://{{ badssl_host }}/"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/get_url_no_validate.html"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/get_url_no_validate.html"
     validate_certs: no
   register: result
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/get_url_no_validate.html"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/get_url_no_validate.html"
   register: stat_result
 
 - name: Assert that the file was downloaded
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@
 - name: Test that SNI works
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ sni_host }}/'
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/sni.html"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/sni.html"
   register: get_url_result
   ignore_errors: True
 
-- command: "grep '{{ sni_host }}' {{ output_dir}}/sni.html"
+- command: "grep '{{ sni_host }}' {{ remote_tmp_dir}}/sni.html"
   register: data_result
   when: python_has_ssl_context
 
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@
 - name: Test that SNI works
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ sni_host }}/'
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/sni.html"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/sni.html"
   register: get_url_result
   ignore_errors: True
 
-- command: "grep '{{ sni_host }}' {{ output_dir}}/sni.html"
+- command: "grep '{{ sni_host }}' {{ remote_tmp_dir}}/sni.html"
   register: data_result
   when: python_has_ssl_context
 
@@ -202,17 +202,17 @@
 - name: Test get_url with redirect
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ httpbin_host }}/redirect/6'
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/redirect.json"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/redirect.json"
 
 - name: Test that setting file modes work
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ httpbin_host }}/'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/test'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test'
     mode: '0707'
   register: result
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test"
   register: stat_result
 
 - name: Assert that the file has the right permissions
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@
 - name: Test that setting file modes on an already downlaoded file work
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ httpbin_host }}/'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/test'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test'
     mode: '0070'
   register: result
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test"
   register: stat_result
 
 - name: Assert that the file has the right permissions
@@ -242,13 +242,13 @@
 - name: Change mode on an already downloaded file and specify checksum
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ httpbin_host }}/get'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/test'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test'
     checksum: 'sha256:7036ede810fad2b5d2e7547ec703cae8da61edbba43c23f9d7203a0239b765c4.'
     mode: '0775'
   register: result
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test"
   register: stat_result
 
 - name: Assert that file permissions on already downloaded file were changed
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 - name: Get a file that already exists
   get_url:
     url: 'https://{{ httpbin_host }}/get'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/test'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test'
   register: result
 
 - name: Assert that we didn't re-download unnecessarily
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 - name: set role facts
   set_fact:
     http_port: 27617
-    files_dir: '{{ output_dir }}/files'
+    files_dir: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/files'
 
 - name: create files_dir
   file:
@@ -326,44 +326,44 @@
 
 - copy:
     src: "testserver.py"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/testserver.py"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/testserver.py"
 
 - name: start SimpleHTTPServer for issues 27617
-  shell: cd {{ files_dir }} && {{ ansible_python.executable }} {{ output_dir}}/testserver.py {{ http_port }}
+  shell: cd {{ files_dir }} && {{ ansible_python.executable }} {{ remote_tmp_dir}}/testserver.py {{ http_port }}
   async: 90
   poll: 0
 
 - name: download src with sha1 checksum url
   get_url:
     url: 'http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/27617.txt'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}'
     checksum: 'sha1:http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/sha1sum.txt'
   register: result_sha1
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/27617.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/27617.txt"
   register: stat_result_sha1
 
 - name: download src with sha256 checksum url
   get_url:
     url: 'http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/27617.txt'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/27617sha256.txt'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/27617sha256.txt'
     checksum: 'sha256:http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/sha256sum.txt'
   register: result_sha256
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/27617.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/27617.txt"
   register: stat_result_sha256
 
 - name: download src with sha256 checksum url with dot leading paths
   get_url:
     url: 'http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/27617.txt'
-    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/27617sha256_with_dot.txt'
+    dest: '{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/27617sha256_with_dot.txt'
     checksum: 'sha256:http://localhost:{{ http_port }}/sha256sum_with_dot.txt'
   register: result_sha256_with_dot
 
 - stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/27617sha256_with_dot.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/27617sha256_with_dot.txt"
   register: stat_result_sha256_with_dot
 
 - name: Assert that the file was downloaded
@@ -380,25 +380,30 @@
 - name: Test url split with no filename
   get_url:
     url: https://{{ httpbin_host }}
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
 
 - name: Test headers string
   get_url:
     url: https://{{ httpbin_host }}/headers
     headers: Foo:bar,Baz:qux
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/headers_string.json"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/headers_string.json"
+
+- name: Get downloaded file
+  slurp:
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/headers_string.json"
+  register: result
 
 - name: Test headers string
   assert:
     that:
-      - (lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/headers_string.json')|from_json).headers.get('Foo') == 'bar'
-      - (lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/headers_string.json')|from_json).headers.get('Baz') == 'qux'
+      - (result["content"] | b64decode | from_json).headers.get('Foo') == 'bar'
+      - (result["content"] | b64decode | from_json).headers.get('Baz') == 'qux'
 
 - name: Test headers string invalid format
   get_url:
     url: https://{{ httpbin_host }}/headers
     headers: Foo
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/headers_string_invalid.json"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/headers_string_invalid.json"
   register: invalid_string_headers
   failed_when:
     - invalid_string_headers is successful
@@ -410,24 +415,34 @@
     headers:
       Foo: bar
       Baz: qux
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/headers_dict.json"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/headers_dict.json"
+
+- name: Get downloaded file
+  slurp:
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/headers_dict.json"
+  register: result
 
 - name: Test headers dict
   assert:
     that:
-      - (lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/headers_dict.json')|from_json).headers.get('Foo') == 'bar'
-      - (lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/headers_dict.json')|from_json).headers.get('Baz') == 'qux'
+      - (result["content"] | b64decode | from_json).headers.get('Foo') == 'bar'
+      - (result["content"] | b64decode | from_json).headers.get('Baz') == 'qux'
 
 - name: Test client cert auth, with certs
   get_url:
     url: "https://ansible.http.tests/ssl_client_verify"
-    client_cert: "{{ output_dir }}/client.pem"
-    client_key: "{{ output_dir }}/client.key"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/ssl_client_verify"
+    client_cert: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.key"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/ssl_client_verify"
   when: has_httptester
 
+- name: Get downloaded file
+  slurp:
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/ssl_client_verify"
+  register: result
+
 - name: Assert that the ssl_client_verify file contains the correct content
   assert:
     that:
-      - 'lookup("file", "{{ output_dir }}/ssl_client_verify") == "ansible.http.tests:SUCCESS"'
+      - '(result["content"] | b64decode) == "ansible.http.tests:SUCCESS"'
   when: has_httptester
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/depth.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/depth.yml
index 769a73c944..37b6ecdfef 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/depth.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/depth.yml
@@ -161,10 +161,15 @@
   register: git_fetch
   ignore_errors: yes
 
+- name: DEPTH | get "a" file
+  slurp:
+    src: '{{ checkout_dir }}/a'
+  register: a_file
+
 - name: DEPTH | check update arrived
   assert:
     that:
-      - "{{ lookup('file', checkout_dir+'/a' )}} == 3"
+      - "{{ a_file['content'] | b64decode | trim }} == 3"
       - git_fetch is changed
 
 - name: DEPTH | clear checkout_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/localmods.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/localmods.yml
index fc2427c741..083ec3f2af 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/localmods.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/localmods.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@
   register: git_fetch_force
   ignore_errors: yes
 
+- name: LOCALMODS | get "a" file
+  slurp:
+    src: '{{ checkout_dir }}/a'
+  register: a_file
+
 - name: LOCALMODS | check update arrived
   assert:
     that:
-      - "{{ lookup('file', checkout_dir+'/a' )}} == 2"
+      - "{{ a_file['content'] | b64decode | trim }} == 2"
       - git_fetch_force is changed
 
 - name: LOCALMODS | clear checkout_dir
@@ -92,10 +97,15 @@
   register: git_fetch_force
   ignore_errors: yes
 
+- name: LOCALMODS | get "a" file
+  slurp:
+    src: '{{ checkout_dir }}/a'
+  register: a_file
+
 - name: LOCALMODS | check update arrived
   assert:
     that:
-      - "{{ lookup('file', checkout_dir+'/a' )}} == 2"
+      - "{{ a_file['content'] | b64decode | trim }} == 2"
       - git_fetch_force is changed
 
 - name: LOCALMODS | clear checkout_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/includes/test_includes3.yml b/test/integration/targets/includes/test_includes3.yml
index bd3b0d30da..0b4c631210 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/includes/test_includes3.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/includes/test_includes3.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- hosts: localhost
+- hosts: testhost
   tasks:
     - include: test_includes4.yml
       with_items: ["a"]
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/main.yml
index ff93f83f79..9bde696c5a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/lookup_hashi_vault/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
     vault_uri: 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/vault_{{ vault_version }}_{{ ansible_system | lower }}_{{ vault_arch }}.zip'
     vault_cmd: '{{ local_temp_dir }}/vault'
 
-  connection: local  # already defined in inventory for testhost, usefull when used with another inventory
-
   block:
     - name: Create a local temporary directory
       tempfile:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/install_dependencies.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/install_dependencies.yml
index ad3d8afb87..30e2d02df0 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/install_dependencies.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/install_dependencies.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- hosts: testhost
+- hosts: localhost
   tasks:
     - name: Install openssl
       import_role:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml
index bb3a136ae5..8d3f320103 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- hosts: testhost
+- hosts: localhost
   tasks:
     - name: register pyOpenSSL version
       command: "{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c 'import OpenSSL; print(OpenSSL.__version__)'"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/runme.sh
index e726ca1915..a757e8940a 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_hashi_vault/runme.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ set -eux
 
 ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=../ \
 ANSIBLE_CONFIG=../../integration.cfg \
-    ansible-playbook -i ../../inventory -e@../../integration_config.yml playbooks/install_dependencies.yml -v "$@"
+    ansible-playbook -e@../../integration_config.yml playbooks/install_dependencies.yml -v "$@"
 
 ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=../ \
 ANSIBLE_CONFIG=../../integration.cfg \
-    ansible-playbook -i ../../inventory -e@../../integration_config.yml playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml -v "$@"
+    ansible-playbook -e@../../integration_config.yml playbooks/test_lookup_hashi_vault.yml -v "$@"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/meta/main.yml
index 4aa170dc06..1892924b21 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dependencies:
   - setup_mysql_db
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/tasks/issue-29511.yaml b/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/tasks/issue-29511.yaml
index b799be6462..fa5d8eddc4 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/tasks/issue-29511.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_user/tasks/issue-29511.yaml
@@ -18,11 +18,19 @@
     - foo
     - bar
 
+- name: Copy SQL scripts to remote
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item | basename }}"
+  with_items:
+    - create-function.sql
+    - create-procedure.sql
+
 - name: Create function for test
-  shell: "mysql < {{ role_path }}/files/create-function.sql"
+  shell: "mysql < {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/create-function.sql"
 
 - name: Create procedure for test
-  shell: "mysql < {{ role_path }}/files/create-procedure.sql"
+  shell: "mysql < {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/create-procedure.sql"
 
 - name: Create user with FUNCTION and PROCEDURE privileges
   mysql_user:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1810d4bec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
index bb69662215..398c7b29f2 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/prepare_http_tests/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     - name: Get client cert/key
       get_url:
         url: "http://ansible.http.tests/{{ item }}"
-        dest: "{{ output_dir }}/{{ item }}"
+        dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item }}"
       when: ansible_os_family != 'Windows'
       with_items:
         - client.pem
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1810d4bec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/tasks/main.yml
index 9660416cba..49f68a2cdf 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_deb_repo/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,15 @@
       state: directory
       mode: 0755
 
+  - name: Copy package specs to remote
+    copy:
+      src: "{{ item }}"
+      dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item | basename }}"
+    with_fileglob:
+      - "files/package_specs/*"
+
   - name: Create deb files
-    shell: "equivs-build {{ item }}"
+    shell: "equivs-build {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item | basename }}"
     args:
       chdir: "{{ repodir }}"
     with_fileglob:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91a63627f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_constraints
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/tasks/main.yml
index 2009611557..068d776e7c 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       pip:
         state: present
         name: 'docker{{ extra_packages }}'
-        extra_args: "-c {{ role_path }}/../../../runner/requirements/constraints.txt"
+        extra_args: "-c {{ remote_constraints }}"
 
     # Detect docker CLI, API and docker-py versions
     - name: Check Docker CLI version
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_docker/aliases b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/aliases
similarity index 100%
rename from test/integration/targets/setup_docker/aliases
rename to test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/aliases
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1810d4bec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9827267dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_constraints/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- name: record constraints.txt path on remote host
+  set_fact:
+    remote_constraints: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/constraints.txt"
+
+- name: copy constraints.txt to remote host
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/../../../runner/requirements/constraints.txt"
+    dest: "{{ remote_constraints }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/handlers/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e84a785e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- name: delete temporary directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: delete temporary directory (windows)
+  win_file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
+    state: absent
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/default.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e0f51b890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: create temporary directory
+  tempfile:
+    state: directory
+    suffix: .test
+  register: remote_tmp_dir
+  notify:
+    - delete temporary directory
+
+- name: record temporary directory
+  set_fact:
+    remote_tmp_dir: "{{ remote_tmp_dir.path }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8df391b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+- name: make sure we have the ansible_os_family and ansible_distribution_version facts
+  setup:
+    gather_subset: distribution
+  when: ansible_facts == {}
+
+- include_tasks: "{{ lookup('first_found', files)}}"
+  vars:
+    files:
+      - "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}.yml"
+      - "default.yml"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/windows.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afedc4ebf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_remote_tmp_dir/tasks/windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: create temporary directory
+  win_tempfile:
+    state: directory
+    suffix: .test
+  register: remote_tmp_dir
+  notify:
+    - delete temporary directory (windows)
+
+- name: record temporary directory
+  set_fact:
+    remote_tmp_dir: "{{ remote_tmp_dir.path }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/unarchive/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/unarchive/meta/main.yml
index 07faa21776..cb6005d042 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/unarchive/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/unarchive/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dependencies:
   - prepare_tests
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/unarchive/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/unarchive/tasks/main.yml
index 8d816faedc..a4ac834977 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/unarchive/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/unarchive/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,34 +35,34 @@
   when: ansible_pkg_mgr  ==  'pkgng'
 
 - name: prep our file
-  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo-unarchive.txt
+  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/foo-unarchive.txt
 
 - name: prep a tar file
-  shell: tar cvf test-unarchive.tar foo-unarchive.txt chdir={{output_dir}}
+  shell: tar cvf test-unarchive.tar foo-unarchive.txt chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}
 
 - name: prep a tar.gz file
-  shell: tar czvf test-unarchive.tar.gz foo-unarchive.txt chdir={{output_dir}}
+  shell: tar czvf test-unarchive.tar.gz foo-unarchive.txt chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}
 
 - name: prep a chmodded file for zip
-  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo-unarchive-777.txt mode=0777
+  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/foo-unarchive-777.txt mode=0777
 
 - name: prep a windows permission file for our zip
-  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/FOO-UNAR.TXT
+  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/FOO-UNAR.TXT
 
 # This gets around an unzip timestamp bug in some distributions
 # Recent unzip on Ubuntu and BSD will randomly round some timestamps up.
 # But that doesn't seem to happen when the timestamp has an even second.
 - name: Bug work around
-  command: touch -t "201705111530.00" {{output_dir}}/foo-unarchive.txt {{output_dir}}/foo-unarchive-777.txt {{output_dir}}/FOO-UNAR.TXT
+  command: touch -t "201705111530.00" {{remote_tmp_dir}}/foo-unarchive.txt {{remote_tmp_dir}}/foo-unarchive-777.txt {{remote_tmp_dir}}/FOO-UNAR.TXT
 # See Ubuntu bug 1691636: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1691636
 # When these are fixed, this code should be removed.
 
 - name: prep a zip file
-  shell: zip test-unarchive.zip foo-unarchive.txt foo-unarchive-777.txt chdir={{output_dir}}
+  shell: zip test-unarchive.zip foo-unarchive.txt foo-unarchive-777.txt chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}
 
 - name: Prepare - Create test dirs
   file:
-    path: "{{output_dir}}/{{item}}"
+    path: "{{remote_tmp_dir}}/{{item}}"
     state: directory
   with_items:
     - created/include
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 - name: Prepare - Create test files
   file:
-    path: "{{output_dir}}/created/{{item}}"
+    path: "{{remote_tmp_dir}}/created/{{item}}"
     state: touch
   with_items:
     - include/include-1.txt
@@ -88,28 +88,28 @@
     - other/other-2.ext
 
 - name: Prepare - zip file
-  shell: zip -r {{output_dir}}/unarchive-00.zip * chdir={{output_dir}}/created/
+  shell: zip -r {{remote_tmp_dir}}/unarchive-00.zip * chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}/created/
 
 - name: Prepare - tar file
-  shell: tar czvf {{output_dir}}/unarchive-00.tar * chdir={{output_dir}}/created/
+  shell: tar czvf {{remote_tmp_dir}}/unarchive-00.tar * chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}/created/
 
 - name: add a file with Windows permissions to zip file
-  shell: zip -k test-unarchive.zip FOO-UNAR.TXT chdir={{output_dir}}
+  shell: zip -k test-unarchive.zip FOO-UNAR.TXT chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}
 
 - name: prep a subdirectory
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/unarchive-dir state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/unarchive-dir state=directory
 
 - name: prep our file
-  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/unarchive-dir/foo-unarchive.txt
+  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/unarchive-dir/foo-unarchive.txt
 
 - name: prep a tar.gz file with directory
-  shell: tar czvf test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz unarchive-dir  chdir={{output_dir}}
+  shell: tar czvf test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz unarchive-dir  chdir={{remote_tmp_dir}}
 
 - name: create our tar unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a tar file
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar dest="{{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-tar" remote_src=yes
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar dest="{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar" remote_src=yes
   register: unarchive01
 
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
@@ -118,16 +118,16 @@
       - "unarchive01.changed == true"
 
 - name: verify that the file was unarchived
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
 
 - name: remove our tar unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar state=absent
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar state=absent
 
 - name: create our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a tar.gz file
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes
   register: unarchive02
 
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
       - "'files' not in unarchive02"
 
 - name: verify that the file was unarchived
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 - name: create our tar.gz unarchive destination for creates
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a tar.gz file with creates set
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes creates={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes creates={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt
   register: unarchive02b
 
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@
       - "unarchive02b.changed == true"
 
 - name: verify that the file was unarchived
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt state=file
 
 - name: unarchive a tar.gz file with creates over an existing file
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes creates={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz remote_src=yes creates={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt
   register: unarchive02c
 
 - name: verify that the file was not marked as changed
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@
 
 - name: unarchive a tar.gz file with creates over an existing file using complex_args
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     remote_src: yes
-    creates: "{{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    creates: "{{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive02d
 
 - name: verify that the file was not marked as changed
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@
       - "unarchive02d.changed == false"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 - name: create our zip unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a zip file
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.zip dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-zip remote_src=yes list_files=True
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.zip dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip remote_src=yes list_files=True
   register: unarchive03
 
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@
       - "'FOO-UNAR.TXT' in unarchive03['files']"
 
 - name: verify that the file was unarchived
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip/{{item}} state=file
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip/{{item}} state=file
   with_items:
     - foo-unarchive.txt
     - foo-unarchive-777.txt
     - FOO-UNAR.TXT
 
 - name: repeat the last request to verify no changes
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.zip dest={{output_dir | expanduser}}/test-unarchive-zip remote_src=yes list_files=True
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.zip dest={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip remote_src=yes list_files=True
   register: unarchive03b
 
 - name: verify that the task was not marked as changed
@@ -217,18 +217,19 @@
     that:
       - "unarchive03b.changed == false"
 
-- name: "Create {{ output_dir }}/exclude directory"
+- name: "Create {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/exclude directory"
   file:
     state: directory
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/exclude-{{item}}"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/exclude-{{item}}"
   with_items:
     - zip
     - tar
 
 - name: Unpack archive file excluding regular and glob files.
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/unarchive-00.{{item}}"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/exclude-{{item}}"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/unarchive-00.{{item}}"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/exclude-{{item}}"
+    remote_src: yes
     exclude: 
       - "exclude/exclude-*.txt"
       - "other/exclude-1.ext"
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@
     - tar
 
 - name: verify that the file was unarchived
-  shell: find {{ output_dir }}/exclude-{{item}} chdir={{ output_dir }}
+  shell: find {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/exclude-{{item}} chdir={{ remote_tmp_dir }}
   register: unarchive00
   with_items:
     - zip
@@ -252,10 +253,10 @@
     - "{{ unarchive00.results }}"
 
 - name: remove our zip unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=absent
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=absent
 
 - name: remove our test files for the archive
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/{{item}} state=absent
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/{{item}} state=absent
   with_items:
     - foo-unarchive.txt
     - foo-unarchive-777.txt
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@
   when: unarchive04.stat.exists
 
 - name: try unarchiving to /tmp
-  unarchive: src={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest=/tmp remote_src=yes
+  unarchive: src={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive.tar.gz dest=/tmp remote_src=yes
   register: unarchive05
 
 - name: verify that the file was marked as changed
@@ -286,12 +287,12 @@
   file: path=/tmp/foo-unarchive.txt state=absent
 
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive and set mode to 0600, directories 0700
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "u+rwX,g-rwx,o-rwx"
     list_files: True
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were changed
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive06_stat
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were changed
@@ -313,22 +314,22 @@
       - "'foo-unarchive.txt' in unarchive06['files']"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive over existing extraction and set mode to 0644
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "u+rwX,g-wx,o-wx,g+r,o+r"
   register: unarchive06_2
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were changed
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive06_2_stat
 
 - debug: var=unarchive06_2_stat.stat.mode
@@ -340,8 +341,8 @@
 
 - name: Repeat the last request to verify no changes
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "u+rwX-x,g-wx,o-wx,g+r,o+r"
     list_files: True
@@ -357,15 +358,15 @@
       - "'foo-unarchive.txt' in unarchive07['files']"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-zip state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive and set mode to 0601, directories 0700
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.zip"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-zip"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.zip"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "u+rwX-x,g-rwx,o=x"
     list_files: True
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were changed
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-zip/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive08_stat
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were changed
@@ -390,8 +391,8 @@
 
 - name: unarchive zipfile a second time and set mode to 0601, directories 0700
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.zip"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-zip"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.zip"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip"
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "u+rwX-x,g-rwx,o=x"
     list_files: True
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@
 
 - name: Test that the file modes were not changed
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-zip/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive08_stat
 
 - debug:
@@ -421,18 +422,18 @@
       - "'FOO-UNAR.TXT' in unarchive08['files']"
 
 - name: remove our zip unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-zip state=absent
 
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: create a directory with quotable chars
-  file: path="{{ output_dir }}/test-quotes~root" state=directory
+  file: path="{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-quotes~root" state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive into directory with quotable chars
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-quotes~root"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-quotes~root"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive08
 
@@ -443,8 +444,8 @@
 
 - name: unarchive into directory with quotable chars a second time
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-quotes~root"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-quotes~root"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive09
 
@@ -454,11 +455,11 @@
       - "unarchive09.changed == false"
 
 - name: remove quotable chars test
-  file: path="{{ output_dir }}/test-quotes~root" state=absent
+  file: path="{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-quotes~root" state=absent
 
 - name: create our unarchive destination
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz"
     state: directory
 
 - name: test that unarchive works with an archive that contains non-ascii filenames
@@ -466,14 +467,14 @@
     # Both the filename of the tarball and the filename inside the tarball have
     # nonascii chars
     src: "test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz"
     mode: "u+rwX,go+rX"
     remote_src: no
   register: nonascii_result0
 
 - name: Check that file is really there
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz/storage/àâæçéèïîôœ(copy)!@#$%^&-().jpg"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz/storage/àâæçéèïîôœ(copy)!@#$%^&-().jpg"
   register: nonascii_stat0
 
 - name: Assert that nonascii tests succeeded
@@ -483,17 +484,17 @@
       - "nonascii_stat0.stat.exists == true"
 
 - name: remove nonascii test
-  file: path="{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz" state=absent
+  file: path="{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-nonascii-くらとみ-tar-gz" state=absent
 
 # Test that unarchiving is performed if files are missing
 # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/1064
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a tar that has directories
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     mode: "0700"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive10
@@ -505,18 +506,18 @@
 
 - name: Change the mode of the toplevel dir
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/unarchive-dir"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/unarchive-dir"
     mode: 0701
 
 - name: Remove a file from the extraction point
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/unarchive-dir/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/unarchive-dir/foo-unarchive.txt"
     state: absent
 
 - name: unarchive a tar that has directories
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-dir.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     mode: "0700"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive10_1
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@
       - "unarchive10_1.changed == true"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 #
 # Symlink tests
@@ -535,26 +536,26 @@
 
 - name: Create a destination dir
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     state: directory
 
 - name: Create a symlink to the detination dir
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-dir"
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-dir"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     state: "link"
 
 - name: test that unarchive works when dest is a symlink to a dir
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/link-to-unarchive-dir"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-dir"
     mode: "u+rwX,go+rX"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive_11
 
 - name: Check that file is really there
   stat:
-    path: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz/foo-unarchive.txt"
   register: unarchive11_stat0
 
 - name: Assert that unarchive when dest is a symlink to a dir worked
@@ -564,23 +565,23 @@
       - "unarchive11_stat0.stat.exists == true"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 - name: Create a file
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     state: touch
 
 - name: Create a symlink to the file
   file:
-    path: "{{ output_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-file"
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-file"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     state: "link"
 
 - name: test that unarchive fails when dest is a link to a file
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir | expanduser }}/link-to-unarchive-file"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive.tar.gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/link-to-unarchive-file"
     mode: "u+rwX,go+rX"
     remote_src: yes
   ignore_errors: True
@@ -592,16 +593,16 @@
       - "unarchive_12.failed == true"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
 
 # Test downloading a file before unarchiving it
 - name: create our unarchive destination
-  file: path={{output_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
+  file: path={{remote_tmp_dir}}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=directory
 
 - name: unarchive a tar from an URL
   unarchive:
     src: "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-latest.tar.gz"
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz"
     mode: "0700"
     remote_src: yes
   register: unarchive13
@@ -612,4 +613,4 @@
       - "unarchive13.changed == true"
 
 - name: remove our tar.gz unarchive destination
-  file: path={{ output_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
+  file: path={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/test-unarchive-tar-gz state=absent
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/uri/aliases b/test/integration/targets/uri/aliases
index 50a839705d..90ef161f59 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/uri/aliases
+++ b/test/integration/targets/uri/aliases
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 destructive
 shippable/posix/group1
 needs/httptester
-needs/file/test/runner/requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/uri/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/uri/meta/main.yml
index a5f3f70736..39b94950af 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/uri/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/uri/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 dependencies:
   - prepare_tests
   - prepare_http_tests
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
+  - setup_remote_constraints
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/uri/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/uri/tasks/main.yml
index 8d5d355014..7571ab8abf 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/uri/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/uri/tasks/main.yml
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
   pip:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: latest
-    extra_args: "-c {{ role_path }}/../../../runner/requirements/constraints.txt"
+    extra_args: "-c {{ remote_constraints }}"
   with_items:
     - urllib3
     - PyOpenSSL
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@
 - name: Test client cert auth, with certs
   uri:
     url: "https://ansible.http.tests/ssl_client_verify"
-    client_cert: "{{ output_dir }}/client.pem"
-    client_key: "{{ output_dir }}/client.key"
+    client_cert: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.key"
     return_content: true
   register: result
   failed_when: result.content != "ansible.http.tests:SUCCESS"
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@
 - name: Test client cert auth, with no validation
   uri:
     url: "https://fail.ansible.http.tests/ssl_client_verify"
-    client_cert: "{{ output_dir }}/client.pem"
-    client_key: "{{ output_dir }}/client.key"
+    client_cert: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.key"
     return_content: true
     validate_certs: no
   register: result
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@
 - name: Test client cert auth, with validation and ssl mismatch
   uri:
     url: "https://fail.ansible.http.tests/ssl_client_verify"
-    client_cert: "{{ output_dir }}/client.pem"
-    client_key: "{{ output_dir }}/client.key"
+    client_cert: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/client.key"
     return_content: true
     validate_certs: yes
   register: result
@@ -445,16 +445,13 @@
 - name: Write out netrc template
   template:
     src: netrc.j2
-    dest: "{{ output_dir }}/netrc"
-
-- debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/netrc') }}"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/netrc"
 
 - name: Test netrc with port
   uri:
     url: "https://{{ httpbin_host }}:443/basic-auth/user/passwd"
   environment:
-    NETRC: "{{ output_dir|expanduser }}/netrc"
+    NETRC: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/netrc"
 
 - name: Test JSON POST with src
   uri:
@@ -470,10 +467,15 @@
     that:
       - result.json.json[0] == 'JSON Test Pattern pass1'
 
+- name: Copy file pass0.json to remote
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/pass0.json"
+    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pass0.json"
+
 - name: Test JSON POST with src and remote_src=True
   uri:
     url: "https://{{ httpbin_host}}/post"
-    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/pass0.json"
+    src: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pass0.json"
     remote_src: true
     method: POST
     return_content: true
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
index bdaad16bf5..e36cb60951 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-- name: get the jinja2 version
-  shell: python -c 'import jinja2; print(jinja2.__version__)'
-  register: jinja2_version
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  changed_when: no
-
-- debug:
-    msg: "Jinja version: {{ jinja2_version.stdout }}, Python version: {{ ansible_facts.python_version }}"
-
 
 ## user add
 
@@ -183,14 +174,7 @@
       - user_test1.results is defined
       - user_test1.results | length == 5
 
-- name: validate changed results for testcase 1 (jinja >= 2.6)
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - user_test1.results | map(attribute='changed') | unique | list == [False]
-      - user_test1.results | map(attribute='state') | unique | list == ['present']
-  when: jinja2_version.stdout is version('2.6', '>=')
-
-- name: validate changed results for testcase 1 (jinja < 2.6)
+- name: validate changed results for testcase 1
   assert:
     that:
       - "user_test1.results[0] is not changed"
@@ -203,7 +187,6 @@
       - "user_test1.results[2]['state'] == 'present'"
       - "user_test1.results[3]['state'] == 'present'"
       - "user_test1.results[4]['state'] == 'present'"
-  when: jinja2_version.stdout is version('2.6', '<')
 
 
 ## user remove
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-pretty-print-only.yml b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-pretty-print-only.yml
index 54511f2b0c..7c0f7d5fd6 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-pretty-print-only.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-pretty-print-only.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 ---
   - name: Setup test fixture
-    shell: cat {{ role_path }}/fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml | sed 's/^[ ]*//g' > /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
+    copy:
+      src: fixtures/ansible-xml-beers.xml
+      dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml.orig
 
+  - name: Remove spaces from test fixture
+    shell: sed 's/^[ ]*//g' < /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml.orig > /tmp/ansible-xml-beers.xml
 
   - name: Pretty print without modification
     xml:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-set-namespaced-children-elements.yml b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-set-namespaced-children-elements.yml
index e55bb2836c..8e66e70eeb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-set-namespaced-children-elements.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-set-namespaced-children-elements.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     copy:
       src: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml
       dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers-1.xml
+      remote_src: yes
 
   - name: Set child elements again
     xml:
@@ -36,11 +37,13 @@
     copy:
       src: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers.xml
       dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers-2.xml
+      remote_src: yes
 
   - name: Compare to expected result
     copy:
       src: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers-1.xml
       dest: /tmp/ansible-xml-namespaced-beers-2.xml
+      remote_src: yes
     check_mode: yes
     diff: yes
     register: comparison
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-xmlstring.yml b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-xmlstring.yml
index 4e80c45fa4..4620d984fa 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-xmlstring.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/xml/tasks/test-xmlstring.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 ---
+  - name: Copy expected results to remote
+    copy:
+      src: "results/{{ item }}"
+      dest: "/tmp/{{ item }}"
+    with_items:
+      - test-pretty-print.xml
+      - test-pretty-print-only.xml
+
   # NOTE: Jinja2 templating eats trailing newlines
   - name: Read from xmlstring (not using pretty_print)
     xml:
@@ -6,11 +14,10 @@
       xpath: .
     register: xmlresponse
 
-
   - name: Compare to expected result
     copy:
       content: "{{ xmlresponse.xmlstring }}\n"
-      dest: '{{ role_path }}/results/test-pretty-print-only.xml'
+      dest: '/tmp/test-pretty-print-only.xml'
     check_mode: yes
     diff: yes
     register: comparison
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@
   - name: Compare to expected result
     copy:
       content: '{{ xmlresponse.xmlstring }}'
-      dest: '{{ role_path }}/results/test-pretty-print-only.xml'
+      dest: '/tmp/test-pretty-print-only.xml'
     check_mode: yes
     diff: yes
     register: comparison
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@
   - name: Compare to expected result
     copy:
       content: '{{ xmlresponse_modification.xmlstring }}'
-      dest: '{{ role_path }}/results/test-pretty-print.xml'
+      dest: '/tmp/test-pretty-print.xml'
     check_mode: yes
     diff: yes
     register: comparison