diff --git a/mysql-test/r/bdb_notembedded.result b/mysql-test/r/bdb_notembedded.result
deleted file mode 100644
index 14cb5fad915..00000000000
--- a/mysql-test/r/bdb_notembedded.result
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-set autocommit=1;
-reset master;
-create table bug16206 (a int);
-insert into bug16206 values(1);
-start transaction;
-insert into bug16206 values(2);
-commit;
-show binlog events;
-Log_name	Pos	Event_type	Server_id	End_log_pos	Info
-f	n	Format_desc	1	n	Server ver: VERSION, Binlog ver: 4
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; create table bug16206 (a int)
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(1)
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(2)
-drop table bug16206;
-reset master;
-create table bug16206 (a int) engine=         bdb;
-insert into bug16206 values(0);
-insert into bug16206 values(1);
-start transaction;
-insert into bug16206 values(2);
-commit;
-insert into bug16206 values(3);
-show binlog events;
-Log_name	Pos	Event_type	Server_id	End_log_pos	Info
-f	n	Format_desc	1	n	Server ver: VERSION, Binlog ver: 4
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; create table bug16206 (a int) engine=         bdb
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(0)
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(1)
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; BEGIN
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(2)
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; COMMIT
-f	n	Query	1	n	use `test`; insert into bug16206 values(3)
-drop table bug16206;
-set autocommit=0;
-End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/bdb_notembedded.test b/mysql-test/t/bdb_notembedded.test
deleted file mode 100644
index 24e64ebbfb2..00000000000
--- a/mysql-test/t/bdb_notembedded.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
--- source include/not_embedded.inc
--- source include/have_bdb.inc
-
-#
-# Bug #16206: Superfluous COMMIT event in binlog when updating BDB in autocommit mode
-#
-set autocommit=1;
-
-let $VERSION=`select version()`;
-
-reset master;
-create table bug16206 (a int);
-insert into bug16206 values(1);
-start transaction;
-insert into bug16206 values(2);
-commit;
---replace_result $VERSION VERSION
---replace_column 1 f 2 n 5 n
-show binlog events;
-drop table bug16206;
-
-reset master;
-create table bug16206 (a int) engine=         bdb;
-insert into bug16206 values(0);
-insert into bug16206 values(1);
-start transaction;
-insert into bug16206 values(2);
-commit;
-insert into bug16206 values(3);
---replace_result $VERSION VERSION
---replace_column 1 f 2 n 5 n
-show binlog events;
-drop table bug16206;
-
-set autocommit=0;
-
-
---echo End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
index 260e760e7b3..9eb92015399 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/loaddata.test
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ delete from t1;
 eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' into table t1;
 enable_query_log;
 select * from t1;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 
 disable_query_log;
 eval SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' into table t1
 FIELDS TERMINATED BY '' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';
 enable_query_log;
 select * from t1;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 SET @@SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
 drop table t1;
 
@@ -89,17 +89,16 @@ INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES
   ('.r.'), ('.rr.'), ('.rrr.'), ('.rrrr.');
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 
---exec rm -f $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
 --replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR MYSQLTEST_VARDIR
 eval SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' FIELDS ENCLOSED BY 'r' FROM t1;
---exec cat $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+cat_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 
 --replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR MYSQLTEST_VARDIR
 eval LOAD DATA INFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' INTO TABLE t2 FIELDS ENCLOSED BY 'r';
 SELECT t1.id, c1, c2 FROM t1 LEFT  JOIN t2 ON t1.id=t2.id WHERE c1 != c2;
 SELECT t1.id, c1, c2 FROM t1 RIGHT JOIN t2 ON t1.id=t2.id WHERE c1 != c2;
 
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 DROP TABLE t1,t2;
 
 # End of 4.1 tests
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, @@SQL_MODE=NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO;
 eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' into table t2;
 enable_query_log;
 select * from t2;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 SET @@SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
 drop table t1,t2;
 
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ eval select * into outfile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' from t2;
 eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' into table t1;
 enable_query_log;
 select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00' order by f1;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2;
 delete from t1;
 disable_query_log;
 eval SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2'
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ eval load data infile '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2' into table t1
 FIELDS TERMINATED BY '' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n';
 enable_query_log;
 select f1 from t1 where f2 <> '0000-00-00 00:00:00' order by f1;
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t2;
 drop table t1,t2;
 
 #
@@ -223,11 +222,10 @@ CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT, c2 TIMESTAMP, c3 REAL, c4 DOUBLE);
 INSERT INTO t1 (c1, c2, c3, c4) VALUES (10, '1970-02-01 01:02:03', 1.1E-100, 1.1E+100);
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 
---exec rm -f $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
 --replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR MYSQLTEST_VARDIR
 eval SELECT * INTO OUTFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '-' FROM t1;
---exec cat $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
---exec echo EOF
+cat_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
+echo EOF;
 
 TRUNCATE t1;
 
@@ -235,7 +233,7 @@ TRUNCATE t1;
 eval LOAD DATA INFILE '$MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1' INTO TABLE t1 FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '-';
 SELECT * FROM t1;
 
---exec rm $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1
+remove_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/t1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
 # End of 5.0 tests