diff --git a/test/config.obsolete.t b/test/config.obsolete.t
index 921b078b1..b9a8c47d3 100755
--- a/test/config.obsolete.t
+++ b/test/config.obsolete.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 4;
+use Test::More tests => 2;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'obsolete.rc')
   print $fh "data.location=.\n",
             "foo=1\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'obsolete.rc', 'Created obsolete.rc');
 }
 
 # Test the add command.
@@ -51,11 +50,5 @@ like ($output, qr/  foo\n/, 'unsupported configuration variable');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data obsolete.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'obsolete.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/confirmation.t b/test/confirmation.t
index 009e86ca0..54e99a1c5 100755
--- a/test/confirmation.t
+++ b/test/confirmation.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 24;
+use Test::More tests => 22;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'confirm.rc')
   print $fh "data.location=.\n",
             "confirmation=yes\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'confirm.rc', 'Created confirm.rc');
 }
 
 # Create the response file.
@@ -100,12 +99,5 @@ like ($output, qr/(Permanently delete task 7 'foo'\? \(yes\/no\)) \1 \1/, 'confi
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data confirm.rc response.txt);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'confirm.rc'     &&
-    ! -r 'response.txt', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/count.t b/test/count.t
index 85d3c1729..657def5d5 100755
--- a/test/count.t
+++ b/test/count.t
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use POSIX qw(mktime);
-use Test::More tests => 7;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'count.rc')
   print $fh "data.location=.\n",
             "confirmation=off\n";
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'count.rc', 'Created count.rc');
 }
 
 # Test the count command.
@@ -85,11 +84,5 @@ TODO: {
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data count.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'count.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;
 
diff --git a/test/countdown.t b/test/countdown.t
index ccabf8ddd..07d43bfb1 100755
--- a/test/countdown.t
+++ b/test/countdown.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 82;
+use Test::More tests => 80;
 
 # Ensure environment has no influence.
 delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'countdown.rc')
   print $fh "report.downc.sort=due-\n";
 
   close $fh;
-  ok (-r 'countdown.rc', 'Created countdown.rc');
 }
 
 # Create a variety of pending tasks with increasingly higher due dates
@@ -179,10 +178,4 @@ like ($output, qr/\btwo\b.+\bone\b/ms,          'downc: two < one');
 
 # Cleanup.
 unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data countdown.rc);
-ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
-    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
-    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'countdown.rc', 'Cleanup');
-
 exit 0;