diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/TestDataValidation.xls b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/TestDataValidation.xls
deleted file mode 100644
index 524136921..000000000
Binary files a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/TestDataValidation.xls and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestDataValidation.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestDataValidation.java
index f970ff26f..34885e7a2 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestDataValidation.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestDataValidation.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class TestDataValidation extends TestCase
   public void testDataValidation() throws Exception
   {
     System.out.println("\nTest no. 2 - Test Excel's Data validation mechanism");
-    String resultFile   = System.getProperty("HSSF.testdata.path")+"/TestDataValidation.xls";
+    String resultFile   = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")+File.separator+"TestDataValidation.xls";
     HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
 
     HSSFCellStyle style_1 = this.createStyle( wb, HSSFCellStyle.ALIGN_LEFT );