diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
index 3b45fdc53..38f1151f6 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/TestXSSFBugs.java
@@ -2885,51 +2885,37 @@ public final class TestXSSFBugs extends BaseTestBugzillaIssues {
         wb.close();
     }
 
-    private void createXls() throws IOException {
-        Workbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();
-        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("/tmp/rotated.xls");
-        Sheet sheet1 = workbook.createSheet();
-        Row row1 = sheet1.createRow((short) 0);
+    /**
+     * helper function for {@link #test58043()}
+     * Side-effects: closes the provided workbook!
+     *
+     * @param workbook the workbook to save for manual checking
+     * @param outputFile the output file location to save the workbook to
+     */
+    private void saveRotatedTextExample(Workbook workbook, File outputFile) throws IOException {
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.createSheet();
+        Row row = sheet.createRow((short) 0);
 
-        Cell cell1 = row1.createCell(0);
+        Cell cell = row.createCell(0);
 
-        cell1.setCellValue("Successful rotated text.");
+        cell.setCellValue("Unsuccessful rotated text.");
 
         CellStyle style = workbook.createCellStyle();
         style.setRotation((short) -90);
 
-        cell1.setCellStyle(style);
+        cell.setCellStyle(style);
 
-        workbook.write(fileOut);
-        fileOut.close();
-        workbook.close();
-    }
-
-    private void createXlsx() throws IOException {
-        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
-        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("/tmp/rotated.xlsx");
-        Sheet sheet1 = workbook.createSheet();
-        Row row1 = sheet1.createRow((short) 0);
-
-        Cell cell1 = row1.createCell(0);
-
-        cell1.setCellValue("Unsuccessful rotated text.");
-
-        CellStyle style = workbook.createCellStyle();
-        style.setRotation((short) -90);
-
-        cell1.setCellStyle(style);
-
-        workbook.write(fileOut);
-        fileOut.close();
+        OutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
+        workbook.write(fos);
+        fos.close();
         workbook.close();
     }
 
     @Ignore("Creates files for checking results manually, actual values are tested in Test*CellStyle")
     @Test
     public void test58043() throws IOException {
-        createXls();
-        createXlsx();
+        saveRotatedTextExample(new HSSFWorkbook(), TempFile.createTempFile("rotated", ".xls"));
+        saveRotatedTextExample(new XSSFWorkbook(), TempFile.createTempFile("rotated", ".xlsx"));
     }
 
     @Test