diff --git a/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
index ab11d669420..3170b59aecc 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/expect/tasks/main.yml
@@ -211,15 +211,24 @@
 - name: test the task invocation by running ansible in command task
   vars:
     pexpect_python: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['ansible_python_interpreter'] }}"
+    localhost_cmd_file: "{{ output_dir }}/test_command.py"
   module_defaults:
     ansible.builtin.pip:
       virtualenv_python: "{{ pexpect_python }}"
   block:
     - include_role:
         name: setup_pexpect
+        apply:
+          delegate_to: localhost
+          vars:
+            setup_pexpect_tmpdir: "{{ output_dir }}"
+
+    - name: copy script into output directory
+      copy: src=test_command.py dest={{ localhost_cmd_file }} mode=0444
+      delegate_to: localhost
 
     - command: |
-        ansible localhost -m expect -a "command='{{pexpect_python}} {{test_command_file}} foo --quiet' responses='{\"foo\": \"bar\"}'" -vvv
+        ansible localhost -m expect -a "command='{{pexpect_python}} {{localhost_cmd_file}} foo --quiet' responses='{\"foo\": \"bar\"}'" -vvv
       delegate_to: localhost
       register: task_invocation
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/setup_pexpect/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/setup_pexpect/tasks/main.yml
index 84b7bd1ca7f..db318bf9f2a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/setup_pexpect/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/setup_pexpect/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-- name: Copy constraints file
-  copy:
-    src: constraints.txt
-    dest: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"
+- vars:
+    pexpect_constraint_dir: "{{ setup_pexpect_tmpdir | default(remote_tmp_dir) }}"
+  block:
+  - name: Copy constraints file
+    copy:
+      src: constraints.txt
+      dest: "{{ pexpect_constraint_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"
 
-- name: Install pexpect with --user
-  pip:
-    name: pexpect
-    extra_args: '--user --constraint "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"'
-    state: present
-  ignore_errors: yes  # fails when inside a virtual environment
-  register: pip_user
+  - name: Install pexpect with --user
+    pip:
+      name: pexpect
+      extra_args: '--user --constraint "{{ pexpect_constraint_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"'
+      state: present
+    ignore_errors: yes  # fails when inside a virtual environment
+    register: pip_user
 
-- name: Install pexpect
-  pip:
-    name: pexpect
-    extra_args: '--constraint "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"'
-    state: present
-  when: pip_user is failed
+  - name: Install pexpect
+    pip:
+      name: pexpect
+      extra_args: '--constraint "{{ pexpect_constraint_dir }}/pexpect-constraints.txt"'
+      state: present
+    when: pip_user is failed