diff --git a/test/fixtures/readfile_pipe_test.txt b/test/fixtures/readfile_pipe_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..65975655dc10fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/readfile_pipe_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
+xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
+xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
+xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
+xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-pipe.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-pipe.js
index ac724d5ee716d2..c9f7144c11a6f6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-pipe.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-pipe.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if (common.isWindows || common.isAIX)
   common.skip(`No /dev/stdin on ${process.platform}.`);
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
@@ -39,16 +38,10 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   return;
 }
 
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 
-const filename = path.join(tmpdir.path, '/readfile_pipe_test.txt');
-const dataExpected = `xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
-xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
-xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
-xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
-xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx`;
-tmpdir.refresh();
-fs.writeFileSync(filename, dataExpected);
+const filename = fixtures.path('readfile_pipe_test.txt');
+const dataExpected = fs.readFileSync(filename).toString();
 
 const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 const f = JSON.stringify(__filename);
@@ -66,7 +59,3 @@ exec(cmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
     `expected not to read anything from stderr but got: '${stderr}'`);
   console.log('ok');
 });
-
-process.on('exit', function() {
-  fs.unlinkSync(filename);
-});