diff --git a/infer/src/integration/CaptureCompilationDatabase.ml b/infer/src/integration/CaptureCompilationDatabase.ml
index 3367a756a..a5da7db47 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/CaptureCompilationDatabase.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/CaptureCompilationDatabase.ml
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ let get_compilation_database_files_buck ~prog ~args =
 
 (** Compute the compilation database files. *)
 let get_compilation_database_files_xcodebuild ~prog ~args =
-  let temp_dir = Config.results_dir ^/ "clang" in
-  Utils.create_dir temp_dir;
-  let tmp_file = Filename.temp_file ~in_dir:temp_dir "cdb" ".json" in
+  let tmp_file = Filename.temp_file "cdb" ".json" in
   let xcodebuild_prog, xcodebuild_args = prog, prog::args in
   let xcpretty_prog = "xcpretty" in
   let xcpretty_args =
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/ClangQuotes.re b/infer/src/integration/ClangQuotes.re
index 07de124f3..9d2097c9a 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/ClangQuotes.re
+++ b/infer/src/integration/ClangQuotes.re
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ let quote style =>
   };
 
 let mk_arg_file prefix style args => {
-  let temp_dir = Config.results_dir ^\/ "clang";
-  Utils.create_dir temp_dir;
-  let file = Filename.temp_file in_dir::temp_dir prefix ".txt";
+  let file = Filename.temp_file prefix ".txt";
   let write_args outc =>
     output_string outc (List.map f::(quote style) args |> String.concat sep::" ");
   Utils.with_file_out file f::write_args |> ignore;