diff --git a/qa/023 b/qa/023
index 6708e99bb3..78aeaded8f 100755
--- a/qa/023
+++ b/qa/023
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ _disable_agent_restart()
 
 trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 echo "SAVE_LOGGER=$SAVE_LOGGER" >>$seq_full
 
 # real QA test starts here
diff --git a/qa/051 b/qa/051
index 376342d2e8..6c9db7fda5 100755
--- a/qa/051
+++ b/qa/051
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ me=`hostname`
 
 _needclean=true
 
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 
 _filter_hostnames()
 {
diff --git a/qa/053 b/qa/053
index 60bcae8b61..b96fb9b301 100755
--- a/qa/053
+++ b/qa/053
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _filter()
 
 trap "rm -f $tmp $tmp.*; exit" 0 1 2 3 15
 
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 
 # real QA test starts here
 cat >$tmp.config <<End-of-File
diff --git a/qa/056 b/qa/056
index 99a32ffd04..8add6ba070 100755
--- a/qa/056
+++ b/qa/056
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _filter()
 }
 
 trap "rm -f $tmp $tmp.*; exit" 0 1 2 3 15
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 
 # real QA test starts here
 cat >$tmp.config <<End-of-File
diff --git a/qa/1052.bash b/qa/1052.bash
index c28098345a..60af5c967b 100755
--- a/qa/1052.bash
+++ b/qa/1052.bash
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $python -c "import six" >/dev/null 2>&1
 [ $? -eq 0 ] || _notrun "python six module not installed"
 
 status=1	# failure is the default!
-$sudo rm -rf $tmp.* $seq.full
+$sudo rm -rf $tmp.* $seq_full
 mkdir $tmp
 chmod ugo+rwx $tmp
 cd $tmp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ _drain_output_sorted()
 
 _filter()
 {
-    tee -a $here/$seq.full | \
+    tee -a $seq_full | \
     sed \
 	-e "s;$PCP_PMDAS_DIR;\$PCP_PMDAS_DIR;" \
         -e '/pmResult/s/ .* numpmid/ ... numpmid/' \
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ _filter()
 
 _filter2()
 {
-    tee -a $here/$seq.full | \
+    tee -a $seq_full | \
     sed \
 	-e '2,$s/^\([0-9][0-9]*\) [0-9][0-9]* /\1 TIMESTAMP /'
 }
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ _drain_output
 # Wait for dbpmda to quit.
 wait
 
-cat json.log >>$here/$seq.full
+cat json.log >> $seq_full
 
 status=0
 exit
diff --git a/qa/174 b/qa/174
index 745fe2ed5b..8cb0b650a4 100755
--- a/qa/174
+++ b/qa/174
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gotGetPDU==1 && $1 ~ /[0-9][0-9][0-9]:/	{ next }
 
 status=1
 trap "$sudo rm -f $tmp.*; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
-$sudo rm -f $here/$seq_full
+$sudo rm -f $seq_full
 
 # real QA test starts here
 
diff --git a/qa/264 b/qa/264
index 15f257e50c..064fd72f56 100755
--- a/qa/264
+++ b/qa/264
@@ -17,15 +17,10 @@ status=1	# failure is the default!
 trap "rm -f $tmp.*; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 # real QA test starts here
-
 src/pmnsinarchives >$tmp.out 2>$tmp.err
 cat $tmp.err
 cat $tmp.out
 
-# optional stuff if your test has verbose output to help resolve problems
-#echo
-#echo "If failure, check $seq.full (this) and $seq.full.ok (reference)"
-
 # success, all done
 status=0
 exit
diff --git a/qa/274 b/qa/274
index 6af6ad2299..9fb087780f 100755
--- a/qa/274
+++ b/qa/274
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ echo "QA output created by $seq"
 signal=$PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmsignal
 status=1
 trap "rm -f $tmp.*; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
-$sudo rm -f $here/$seq_full
+$sudo rm -f $seq_full
 
 _filter()
 {
diff --git a/qa/354 b/qa/354
index b8a7882160..3e1188a1a6 100755
--- a/qa/354
+++ b/qa/354
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ NR == 1	{ if ($2 != "PID") {
 	{ print "ps:",$2,$cmd,$(cmd+1),$(cmd+2),$(cmd+3),$(cmd+4) }'
 }
 
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 
 # NOT the default pmconfirm(1), please
 #
diff --git a/qa/430 b/qa/430
index 6dadab7470..7f305c19ad 100755
--- a/qa/430
+++ b/qa/430
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 # real QA test starts here
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 
 host1=$LOCALHOST
 host2=$LOCALHOST"super"
diff --git a/qa/864 b/qa/864
index 733e6e7ad9..6e47ec8a32 100755
--- a/qa/864
+++ b/qa/864
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _filter()
 
 # real QA test starts here
 
-rm -f $here/$seq_full
+rm -f $seq_full
 pcp collectl -R 1.25 -i 1 | tee -a $seq_full | _filter
 
 # success, all done