diff --git a/tests/functional/test_bundle.py b/tests/functional/test_bundle.py
index 164617587..bac4722d7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_bundle.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_bundle.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from tests.lib.path import Path
 from tests.lib.local_repos import local_checkout
 
 
-def test_create_bundle(script):
+def test_create_bundle(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test making a bundle.  We'll grab one package from the filesystem
     (the FSPkg dummy package), one from vcs (initools) and one from an
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def test_create_bundle(script):
     pkg_lines = textwrap.dedent('''\
             -e %s
             -e %s#egg=initools-dev
-            pip''' % (fspkg, local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk')))
+            pip''' % (fspkg, local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache"))))
     script.scratch_path.join("bundle-req.txt").write(pkg_lines)
     # Create a bundle in env.scratch_path/ test.pybundle
     result = script.pip('bundle', '-r', script.scratch_path/ 'bundle-req.txt', script.scratch_path/ 'test.pybundle')
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_create_bundle(script):
     assert 'build/pip/' in files
 
 
-def test_cleanup_after_create_bundle(script):
+def test_cleanup_after_create_bundle(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test clean up after making a bundle. Make sure (build|src)-bundle/ dirs are removed but not src/.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def test_cleanup_after_create_bundle(script):
     args = ['install']
     args.extend(['-e',
                  '%s#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                    local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git')])
+                    local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache"))])
     script.pip(*args)
     build = script.venv_path/"build"
     src = script.venv_path/"src"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_cleanup_after_create_bundle(script):
     pkg_lines = textwrap.dedent('''\
             -e %s
             -e %s#egg=initools-dev
-            pip''' % (fspkg, local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk')))
+            pip''' % (fspkg, local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache"))))
     script.scratch_path.join("bundle-req.txt").write(pkg_lines)
     script.pip('bundle', '-r', 'bundle-req.txt', 'test.pybundle')
     build_bundle = script.scratch_path/"build-bundle"
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_freeze.py b/tests/functional/test_freeze.py
index 858efbe3a..0cf3f9f0c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_freeze.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_freeze.py
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ def test_freeze_basic(script):
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
 
-def test_freeze_svn(script):
+def test_freeze_svn(script, tmpdir):
     """Test freezing a svn checkout"""
 
-    checkout_path = local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk')
+    checkout_path = local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache"))
     #svn internally stores windows drives as uppercase; we'll match that.
     checkout_path = checkout_path.replace('c:', 'C:')
 
     result = script.run('svn', 'co', '-r10',
-                     local_repo('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'),
+                     local_repo('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      'initools-trunk')
     result = script.run('python', 'setup.py', 'develop',
             cwd=script.scratch_path/ 'initools-trunk', expect_stderr=True)
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ def test_freeze_svn(script):
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
 
-def test_freeze_git_clone(script):
+def test_freeze_git_clone(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test freezing a Git clone.
 
     """
-    result = script.run('git', 'clone', local_repo('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'), 'pip-test-package')
+    result = script.run('git', 'clone', local_repo('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")), 'pip-test-package')
     result = script.run('git', 'checkout', '7d654e66c8fa7149c165ddeffa5b56bc06619458',
             cwd=script.scratch_path / 'pip-test-package', expect_stderr=True)
     result = script.run('python', 'setup.py', 'develop',
@@ -94,29 +94,29 @@ def test_freeze_git_clone(script):
         Script result: ...pip freeze
         -- stdout: --------------------
         ...-e %s@...#egg=pip_test_package-...
-        ...""" % local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'))
+        ...""" % local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
     result = script.pip('freeze', '-f',
-                     '%s#egg=pip_test_package' % local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
+                     '%s#egg=pip_test_package' % local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_stderr=True)
     expected = textwrap.dedent("""\
         Script result: pip freeze -f %(repo)s#egg=pip_test_package
         -- stdout: --------------------
         -f %(repo)s#egg=pip_test_package...
         -e %(repo)s@...#egg=pip_test_package-0.1.1
-        ...""" % {'repo': local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git')})
+        ...""" % {'repo': local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache"))})
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
 
-def test_freeze_mercurial_clone(script):
+def test_freeze_mercurial_clone(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test freezing a Mercurial clone.
 
     """
     result = script.run('hg', 'clone',
                      '-r', 'c9963c111e7c',
-                     local_repo('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package'),
+                     local_repo('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      'pip-test-package')
     result = script.run('python', 'setup.py', 'develop',
             cwd=script.scratch_path/'pip-test-package', expect_stderr=True)
@@ -125,33 +125,33 @@ def test_freeze_mercurial_clone(script):
         Script result: ...pip freeze
         -- stdout: --------------------
         ...-e %s@...#egg=pip_test_package-...
-        ...""" % local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package'))
+        ...""" % local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
     result = script.pip('freeze', '-f',
-                     '%s#egg=pip_test_package' % local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package'),
+                     '%s#egg=pip_test_package' % local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_stderr=True)
     expected = textwrap.dedent("""\
         Script result: ...pip freeze -f %(repo)s#egg=pip_test_package
         -- stdout: --------------------
         -f %(repo)s#egg=pip_test_package
         ...-e %(repo)s@...#egg=pip_test_package-dev
-        ...""" % {'repo': local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package')})
+        ...""" % {'repo': local_checkout('hg+http://bitbucket.org/pypa/pip-test-package', tmpdir.join("cache"))})
     _check_output(result, expected)
 
 
-def test_freeze_bazaar_clone(script):
+def test_freeze_bazaar_clone(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test freezing a Bazaar clone.
 
     """
 
-    checkout_path = local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1')
+    checkout_path = local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1', tmpdir.join("cache"))
     #bzr internally stores windows drives as uppercase; we'll match that.
     checkout_pathC = checkout_path.replace('c:', 'C:')
 
     result = script.run('bzr', 'checkout', '-r', '174',
-                     local_repo('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1'),
+                     local_repo('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      'django-wikiapp')
     result = script.run('python', 'setup.py', 'develop',
             cwd=script.scratch_path/'django-wikiapp')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install.py b/tests/functional/test_install.py
index f7c0c6750..23fc1b1bd 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install.py
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ def test_editable_install(script):
     assert not result.files_updated, result.files_updated
 
 
-def test_install_editable_from_svn(script):
+def test_install_editable_from_svn(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test checking out from svn.
     """
     result = script.pip('install',
                      '-e',
                      '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'))
+                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     result.assert_installed('INITools', with_files=['.svn'])
 
 
-def test_download_editable_to_custom_path(script):
+def test_download_editable_to_custom_path(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test downloading an editable using a relative custom src folder.
     """
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_download_editable_to_custom_path(script):
     result = script.pip('install',
                      '-e',
                      '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'),
+                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      '--src',
                      'customsrc',
                      '--download',
@@ -80,21 +80,21 @@ def test_download_editable_to_custom_path(script):
     assert customdl_files_created
 
 
-def test_editable_no_install_followed_by_no_download(script):
+def test_editable_no_install_followed_by_no_download(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test installing an editable in two steps (first with --no-install, then with --no-download).
     """
     result = script.pip('install',
                      '-e',
                      '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'),
+                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      '--no-install', expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('INITools', without_egg_link=True, with_files=['.svn'])
 
     result = script.pip('install',
                      '-e',
                      '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'),
+                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      '--no-download', expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('INITools', without_files=[curdir, '.svn'])
 
@@ -140,58 +140,58 @@ def test_install_dev_version_from_pypi(script):
     assert (script.site_packages / 'initools') in result.files_created, str(result.stdout)
 
 
-def test_install_editable_from_git(script):
+def test_install_editable_from_git(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning from Git.
     """
     args = ['install']
     args.extend(['-e',
                  '%s#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                 local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git')])
+                 local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache"))])
     result = script.pip(*args, **{"expect_error": True})
     result.assert_installed('pip-test-package', with_files=['.git'])
 
 
-def test_install_editable_from_hg(script):
+def test_install_editable_from_hg(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning from Mercurial.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e',
                      '%s#egg=ScriptTest' %
-                     local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest'),
+                     local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('ScriptTest', with_files=['.hg'])
 
 
-def test_vcs_url_final_slash_normalization(script):
+def test_vcs_url_final_slash_normalization(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test that presence or absence of final slash in VCS URL is normalized.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e',
                      '%s/#egg=ScriptTest' %
-                     local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest'),
+                     local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     assert 'pip-log.txt' not in result.files_created, result.files_created['pip-log.txt'].bytes
 
 
-def test_install_editable_from_bazaar(script):
+def test_install_editable_from_bazaar(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test checking out from Bazaar.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e',
                      '%s/@174#egg=django-wikiapp' %
-                     local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1'),
+                     local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('django-wikiapp', with_files=['.bzr'])
 
 
-def test_vcs_url_urlquote_normalization(script):
+def test_vcs_url_urlquote_normalization(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test that urlquoted characters are normalized for repo URL comparison.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e',
                      '%s/#egg=django-wikiapp' %
-                     local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1'),
+                     local_checkout('bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Edjango-wikiapp/django-wikiapp/release-0.1', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     assert 'pip-log.txt' not in result.files_created, result.files_created['pip-log.txt'].bytes
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def test_install_with_hacked_egg_info(script):
     assert 'Successfully installed hackedegginfo\n' in result.stdout
 
 
-def test_install_using_install_option_and_editable(script):
+def test_install_using_install_option_and_editable(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test installing a tool using -e and --install-option
     """
@@ -303,20 +303,20 @@ def test_install_using_install_option_and_editable(script):
     script.scratch_path.join(folder).mkdir()
     url = 'git+git://github.com/pypa/virtualenv'
     result = script.pip('install', '-e', '%s#egg=virtualenv' %
-                      local_checkout(url),
+                      local_checkout(url, tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      '--install-option=--script-dir=%s' % folder)
     virtualenv_bin = script.venv/'src'/'virtualenv'/folder/'virtualenv'+script.exe
     assert virtualenv_bin in result.files_created
 
 
-def test_install_global_option_using_editable(script):
+def test_install_global_option_using_editable(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test using global distutils options, but in an editable installation
     """
     url = 'hg+http://bitbucket.org/runeh/anyjson'
     result = script.pip('install', '--global-option=--version',
                      '-e', '%s@0.2.5#egg=anyjson' %
-                      local_checkout(url))
+                      local_checkout(url, tmpdir.join("cache")))
     assert '0.2.5\n' in result.stdout
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_cleanup.py b/tests/functional/test_install_cleanup.py
index 5c6cc1f91..29632ed77 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_cleanup.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_cleanup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_no_clean_option_blocks_cleaning_after_install(script):
     assert exists(build), "build/simple should still exist %s" % str(result)
 
 
-def test_cleanup_after_install_editable_from_hg(script):
+def test_cleanup_after_install_editable_from_hg(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test clean up after cloning from Mercurial.
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def test_cleanup_after_install_editable_from_hg(script):
     script.pip('install',
             '-e',
             '%s#egg=ScriptTest' %
-            local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest'),
+            local_checkout('hg+https://bitbucket.org/ianb/scripttest', tmpdir.join("cache")),
             expect_error=True)
     build = script.venv_path/'build'
     src = script.venv_path/'src'
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_index.py b/tests/functional/test_install_index.py
index f4f388ad4..e3a8f8ef2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_index.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_index.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import textwrap
 
 from pip.backwardcompat import urllib
 
-from tests.lib import pyversion, tests_data, path_to_url
+from tests.lib import pyversion, tests_data, path_to_url, packages
 
 
 def test_find_links_relative_path(script):
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_reqs.py b/tests/functional/test_install_reqs.py
index 9203841b5..e32e477c1 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_reqs.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_reqs.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_relative_requirements_file(script):
     assert (script.site_packages/'fspkg') in result.files_created, str(result.stdout)
 
 
-def test_multiple_requirements_files(script):
+def test_multiple_requirements_files(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test installing from multiple nested requirements files.
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_multiple_requirements_files(script):
     other_lib_name, other_lib_version = 'anyjson', '0.3'
     script.scratch_path.join("initools-req.txt").write(textwrap.dedent("""\
         -e %s@10#egg=INITools-dev
-        -r %s-req.txt""" % (local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'),
+        -r %s-req.txt""" % (local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                             other_lib_name)))
     script.scratch_path.join("%s-req.txt" % other_lib_name).write(textwrap.dedent("""\
         %s<=%s
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_upgrade.py b/tests/functional/test_install_upgrade.py
index f9823b797..04b9dad4a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_upgrade.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_upgrade.py
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ def test_install_with_ignoreinstalled_requested(script):
     assert script.site_packages/'INITools-0.1-py%s.egg-info' % pyversion not in result.files_created
 
 
-def test_upgrade_vcs_req_with_no_dists_found(script):
+def test_upgrade_vcs_req_with_no_dists_found(script, tmpdir):
     """It can upgrade a VCS requirement that has no distributions otherwise."""
     req = "%s#egg=pip-test-package" % local_checkout(
-        "git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git")
+        "git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git", tmpdir.join("cache"))
     script.pip("install", req)
     result = script.pip("install", "-U", req)
     assert not result.returncode
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_user.py b/tests/functional/test_install_user.py
index e0e94dfdf..98c107b6c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_user.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_user.py
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ class Tests_UserSite:
         assert 'INITools'== project_name, "'%s' should be 'INITools'" %project_name
 
 
-    def test_install_subversion_usersite_editable_with_distribute(self, script, virtualenv):
+    def test_install_subversion_usersite_editable_with_distribute(self, script, virtualenv, tmpdir):
         """
         Test installing current directory ('.') into usersite after installing distribute
         """
         virtualenv.system_site_packages = True
         result = script.pip('install', '--user', '-e',
                          '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                         local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'))
+                         local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")))
         result.assert_installed('INITools', use_user_site=True)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_vcs.py b/tests/functional/test_install_vcs.py
index a4b02ffd2..bfeb2c1f2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_install_vcs.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_vcs.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ from tests.lib import _create_test_package, _change_test_package_version
 from tests.lib.local_repos import local_checkout
 
 
-def test_install_editable_from_git_with_https(script):
+def test_install_editable_from_git_with_https(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning from Git with https.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e',
                      '%s#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                     local_checkout('git+https://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
+                     local_checkout('git+https://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('pip-test-package', with_files=['.git'])
 
@@ -49,59 +49,60 @@ def test_git_with_tag_name_as_revision(script):
     assert '0.1' in version.stdout
 
 
-def test_git_with_tag_name_and_update(script):
+def test_git_with_tag_name_and_update(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning a git repository and updating to a different version.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e', '%s#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                     local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
+                     local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     result.assert_installed('pip-test-package', with_files=['.git'])
     result = script.pip('install', '--global-option=--version', '-e',
                      '%s@0.1.2#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                     local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
+                     local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                      expect_error=True)
     assert '0.1.2' in result.stdout
 
 
-def test_git_branch_should_not_be_changed(script):
+def test_git_branch_should_not_be_changed(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Editable installations should not change branch
     related to issue #32 and #161
     """
     script.pip('install', '-e', '%s#egg=pip-test-package' %
-                local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git'),
+                local_checkout('git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git', tmpdir.join("cache")),
                 expect_error=True)
     source_dir = script.venv_path/'src'/'pip-test-package'
     result = script.run('git', 'branch', cwd=source_dir)
     assert '* master' in result.stdout, result.stdout
 
 
-def test_git_with_non_editable_unpacking(script):
+def test_git_with_non_editable_unpacking(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning a git repository from a non-editable URL with a given tag.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '--global-option=--version', local_checkout(
-                     'git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git@0.1.2#egg=pip-test-package'
+                     'git+http://github.com/pypa/pip-test-package.git@0.1.2#egg=pip-test-package',
+                     tmpdir.join("cache")
                      ), expect_error=True)
     assert '0.1.2' in result.stdout
 
 
-def test_git_with_editable_where_egg_contains_dev_string(script):
+def test_git_with_editable_where_egg_contains_dev_string(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning a git repository from an editable url which contains "dev" string
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e', '%s#egg=django-devserver' %
-                     local_checkout('git+git://github.com/dcramer/django-devserver.git'))
+                     local_checkout('git+git://github.com/dcramer/django-devserver.git', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     result.assert_installed('django-devserver', with_files=['.git'])
 
 
-def test_git_with_non_editable_where_egg_contains_dev_string(script):
+def test_git_with_non_editable_where_egg_contains_dev_string(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test cloning a git repository from a non-editable url which contains "dev" string
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '%s#egg=django-devserver' %
-                     local_checkout('git+git://github.com/dcramer/django-devserver.git'))
+                     local_checkout('git+git://github.com/dcramer/django-devserver.git', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     devserver_folder = script.site_packages/'devserver'
     assert devserver_folder in result.files_created, str(result)
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_uninstall.py b/tests/functional/test_uninstall.py
index 2fec6ff42..df08ea4d6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_uninstall.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_uninstall.py
@@ -113,40 +113,42 @@ def test_uninstall_easy_installed_console_scripts(script):
     assert_all_changes(result, result2, [script.venv/'build', 'cache'])
 
 
-def test_uninstall_editable_from_svn(script):
+def test_uninstall_editable_from_svn(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test uninstalling an editable installation from svn.
     """
     result = script.pip('install', '-e', '%s#egg=initools-dev' %
-                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk'))
+                     local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache")))
     result.assert_installed('INITools')
     result2 = script.pip('uninstall', '-y', 'initools')
     assert (script.venv/'src'/'initools' in result2.files_after), 'oh noes, pip deleted my sources!'
     assert_all_changes(result, result2, [script.venv/'src', script.venv/'build'])
 
 
-def test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script):
+def test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test uninstalling editable install from existing source outside the venv.
 
     """
+    cache_dir = tmpdir.join("cache")
+
     try:
         temp = mkdtemp()
         tmpdir = join(temp, 'virtualenv')
-        _test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script, tmpdir)
+        _test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script, tmpdir, cache_dir)
     finally:
         rmtree(temp)
 
 
-def _test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script, tmpdir):
-    result = script.run('git', 'clone', local_repo('git+git://github.com/pypa/virtualenv'), tmpdir)
+def _test_uninstall_editable_with_source_outside_venv(script, tmpdir, cache_dir):
+    result = script.run('git', 'clone', local_repo('git+git://github.com/pypa/virtualenv', cache_dir), tmpdir)
     result2 = script.pip('install', '-e', tmpdir)
     assert (join(script.site_packages, 'virtualenv.egg-link') in result2.files_created), list(result2.files_created.keys())
     result3 = script.pip('uninstall', '-y', 'virtualenv', expect_error=True)
     assert_all_changes(result, result3, [script.venv/'build'])
 
 
-def test_uninstall_from_reqs_file(script):
+def test_uninstall_from_reqs_file(script, tmpdir):
     """
     Test uninstall from a requirements file.
 
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ def test_uninstall_from_reqs_file(script):
         -e %s#egg=initools-dev
         # and something else to test out:
         PyLogo<0.4
-        """ % local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk')))
+        """ % local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache"))))
     result = script.pip('install', '-r', 'test-req.txt')
     script.scratch_path.join("test-req.txt").write(textwrap.dedent("""\
         # -f, -i, and --extra-index-url should all be ignored by uninstall
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ def test_uninstall_from_reqs_file(script):
         -e %s#egg=initools-dev
         # and something else to test out:
         PyLogo<0.4
-        """ % local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk')))
+        """ % local_checkout('svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk', tmpdir.join("cache"))))
     result2 = script.pip('uninstall', '-r', 'test-req.txt', '-y')
     assert_all_changes(
         result, result2, [script.venv/'build', script.venv/'src', script.scratch/'test-req.txt'])
diff --git a/tests/lib/local_repos.py b/tests/lib/local_repos.py
index 00c309194..8f56b9442 100644
--- a/tests/lib/local_repos.py
+++ b/tests/lib/local_repos.py
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ else:
     subprocess_call = subprocess.call
 
 
-CACHE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'tests_cache')
+def _create_initools_repository(directory):
+    subprocess_call('svnadmin create INITools'.split(), cwd=directory)
 
 
-def _create_initools_repository():
-    subprocess_call('svnadmin create INITools'.split(), cwd=_get_vcs_folder())
-
-
-def _dump_initools_repository():
+def _dump_initools_repository(directory):
     filename, _ = urlretrieve('http://bitbucket.org/hltbra/pip-initools-dump/raw/8b55c908a320/INITools_modified.dump')
-    initools_folder = os.path.join(_get_vcs_folder(), 'INITools')
+    initools_folder = os.path.join(directory, 'INITools')
     devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
     dump = open(filename)
     subprocess_call(['svnadmin', 'load', initools_folder], stdin=dump, stdout=devnull)
@@ -31,21 +28,13 @@ def _dump_initools_repository():
     os.remove(filename)
 
 
-def _create_svn_repository_for_initools():
-    tests_cache = _get_vcs_folder()
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(tests_cache, 'INITools')):
-        _create_initools_repository()
-        _dump_initools_repository()
+def _create_svn_repository_for_initools(directory):
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(directory, 'INITools')):
+        _create_initools_repository(directory)
+        _dump_initools_repository(directory)
 
 
-def _get_vcs_folder():
-    if not os.path.exists(CACHE_PATH):
-        os.mkdir(CACHE_PATH)
-    return CACHE_PATH
-
-
-def _get_vcs_and_checkout_url(remote_repository):
-    tests_cache = _get_vcs_folder()
+def _get_vcs_and_checkout_url(remote_repository, directory):
     vcs_classes = {'svn': subversion.Subversion,
                    'git': git.Git,
                    'bzr': bazaar.Bazaar,
@@ -62,17 +51,21 @@ def _get_vcs_and_checkout_url(remote_repository):
     else:
         repository_name = os.path.basename(remote_repository)
 
-    destination_path = os.path.join(tests_cache, repository_name)
+    destination_path = os.path.join(directory, repository_name)
     if not os.path.exists(destination_path):
         vcs_class(remote_repository).obtain(destination_path)
-    return '%s+%s' % (vcs, path_to_url('/'.join([tests_cache, repository_name, branch])))
+    return '%s+%s' % (vcs, path_to_url('/'.join([directory, repository_name, branch])))
 
 
-def local_checkout(remote_repo):
+def local_checkout(remote_repo, directory):
+    if not os.path.exists(directory):
+        os.mkdir(directory)
+        #os.makedirs(directory)
+
     if remote_repo.startswith('svn'):
-        _create_svn_repository_for_initools()
-    return _get_vcs_and_checkout_url(remote_repo)
+        _create_svn_repository_for_initools(directory)
+    return _get_vcs_and_checkout_url(remote_repo, directory)
 
 
-def local_repo(remote_repo):
-    return local_checkout(remote_repo).split('+', 1)[1]
+def local_repo(remote_repo, directory):
+    return local_checkout(remote_repo, directory).split('+', 1)[1]