diff --git a/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
index 608b867b74..69d2cdfc3a 100644
--- a/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
+++ b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import subprocess
 import reporters
 import ConfigParser
 import loggable
-import tempfile
 from loggable import Loggable
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
@@ -62,12 +61,9 @@ class Test(Loggable):
         self.process = None
         self.duration = duration
 
-        self.clean(True)
-
-    def clean(self, full=True):
-        if not full:
-            return
+        self.clean()
 
+    def clean(self):
         self.message = ""
         self.error_str = ""
         self.time_taken = 0.0
@@ -320,15 +316,11 @@ class GstValidateTest(Test):
             self.scenario = scenario
 
     def get_subproc_env(self):
+        self.validatelogs = self.logfile + '.validate.logs'
+        logfiles = self.validatelogs
         if self.options.redirect_logs:
-            self.validatelogs = os.path.join(
-                tempfile.gettempdir(), 'tmp.validate.logs')
-            logfiles = self.validatelogs
             logfiles += os.pathsep + \
-                self.reporter.out.name.replace("<", '').replace(">", '')
-        else:
-            self.validatelogs = self.logfile + '.validate.logs'
-            logfiles = self.validatelogs
+                self.options.redirect_logs.replace("<", '').replace(">", '')
 
         subproc_env = os.environ.copy()
 
@@ -336,8 +328,7 @@ class GstValidateTest(Test):
         subproc_env["GST_VALIDATE_FILE"] = logfiles
         self.extra_logfiles.append(self.validatelogs)
 
-        if 'GST_DEBUG' in os.environ and \
-                not self.options.redirect_logs:
+        if 'GST_DEBUG' in os.environ:
             gstlogsfile = self.logfile + '.gstdebug'
             self.extra_logfiles.append(gstlogsfile)
             subproc_env["GST_DEBUG_FILE"] = gstlogsfile
@@ -346,16 +337,9 @@ class GstValidateTest(Test):
 
         return subproc_env
 
-    def clean(self, full=True):
-        Test.clean(self, full=full)
-        if hasattr(self, 'validatelogs') and not self.options.redirect_logs:
-            try:
-                os.remove(self.validatelogs)
-            except OSError:
-                pass
-
-        if full:
-            self._sent_eos_pos = None
+    def clean(self):
+        Test.clean(self)
+        self._sent_eos_pos = None
 
     def build_arguments(self):
         if "GST_VALIDATE" in os.environ:
@@ -762,7 +746,6 @@ class TestsManager(Loggable):
             self.reporter.after_test()
             if res != Result.PASSED and (self.options.forever or
                                          self.options.fatal_error):
-                test.clean(full=False)
                 return test.result
 
         return Result.PASSED
@@ -1138,11 +1121,8 @@ class ScenarioManager(Loggable):
         """
         scenarios = []
         scenario_defs = os.path.join(self.config.main_dir, "scenarios.def")
-        if self.config.redirect_logs:
-            logs = open(os.devnull)
-        else:
-            logs = open(
-                os.path.join(self.config.logsdir, "scenarios_discovery.log"), 'w')
+        logs = open(os.path.join(self.config.logsdir,
+                                 "scenarios_discovery.log"), 'w')
 
         try:
             command = [self.GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND,
diff --git a/validate/launcher/httpserver.py b/validate/launcher/httpserver.py
index f687154379..1248c014f3 100644
--- a/validate/launcher/httpserver.py
+++ b/validate/launcher/httpserver.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import time
 import loggable
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 
 logcat = "httpserver"
 
@@ -57,13 +56,8 @@ class HTTPServer(loggable.Loggable):
 
     def start(self):
         """ Start the server in a subprocess """
-        if self.options.redirect_logs:
-            self.info("Using devnull as HTTP server log file")
-            self._logsfile = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
-        else:
-            self._logsfile = open(os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
-                                               "httpserver.logs"),
-                                  'w+')
+        self._logsfile = open(os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
+                                           "httpserver.logs"), 'w+')
         if self.options.http_server_dir is not None:
             if self._check_is_up(timeout=2):
                 return True
diff --git a/validate/launcher/reporters.py b/validate/launcher/reporters.py
index 43d864e5d4..7b40e0a68a 100644
--- a/validate/launcher/reporters.py
+++ b/validate/launcher/reporters.py
@@ -68,18 +68,17 @@ class Reporter(Loggable):
 
     def before_test(self, test):
         """Initialize a timer before starting a test."""
+        path = os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
+                            test.classname.replace(".", os.sep))
+        mkdir(os.path.dirname(path))
+        test.logfile = path
+
         if self.options.redirect_logs == 'stdout':
             self.out = sys.stdout
-            test.logfile = 'stdout'
         elif self.options.redirect_logs == 'stderr':
             self.out = sys.stderr
-            test.logfile = 'stderr'
         else:
-            path = os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
-                                test.classname.replace(".", os.sep))
-            mkdir(os.path.dirname(path))
             self.out = open(path, 'w+')
-            test.logfile = path
         self._current_test = test
 
         if self._start_time == 0: