diff --git a/skipper_test.go b/skipper_test.go
index 867ccfbcaf..36a8ab19e1 100644
--- a/skipper_test.go
+++ b/skipper_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	stdlibhttptest "net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
@@ -16,16 +15,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/dataclients/routestring"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/filters"
-	flog "github.com/zalando/skipper/filters/accesslog"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/filters/auth"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/filters/builtin"
-	fscheduler "github.com/zalando/skipper/filters/scheduler"
-	"github.com/zalando/skipper/loadbalancer"
-	"github.com/zalando/skipper/metrics/metricstest"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/proxy"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/ratelimit"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/routing"
-	"github.com/zalando/skipper/scheduler"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/secrets/certregistry"
 	"github.com/zalando/skipper/tracing/tracingtest"
 
@@ -440,130 +434,75 @@ func createFilterRegistry(specs ...filters.Spec) filters.Registry {
 	return fr
 }
 
-func createRoutesFile(route string) (string, error) {
-	fd, err := os.CreateTemp("/tmp", "test_data_clients_")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to create tempfile: %w", err)
-	}
-	_, err = fd.WriteString(route)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to write tempfile: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	filePath := fd.Name()
-	err = fd.Close()
-
-	return filePath, err
-}
-
 func TestDataClients(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+
 	// routesfile
 	routesFileStatus := 201
-	routeStringFmt := `r%d: Path("/routes-file") -> status(%d) -> inlineContent("Got it") -> <shunt>;`
-	filePath, err := createRoutesFile(fmt.Sprintf(routeStringFmt, routesFileStatus, routesFileStatus))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to create routes file: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.Remove(filePath)
+	routesFilePath := tmpDir + "/routes-file"
+	routesFileContent := fmt.Sprintf(`r201: Path("/routes-file") -> status(%d) -> inlineContent("Got it") -> <shunt>;`, routesFileStatus)
 
-	// application log
-	fdApp, err := os.CreateTemp("/tmp", "app_log_")
+	err := os.WriteFile(routesFilePath, []byte(routesFileContent), 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to create tempfile: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create routes file: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer fdApp.Close()
 
-	// access log
-	fdAccess, err := os.CreateTemp("/tmp", "access_log_")
+	address, err := findAddress()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to create tempfile: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to find address: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer fdAccess.Close()
 
 	// run skipper proxy that we want to test
 	o := Options{
-		Address:                         ":8090",
-		EnableRatelimiters:              true,
-		SourcePollTimeout:               1500 * time.Millisecond,
-		WaitFirstRouteLoad:              true,
-		SuppressRouteUpdateLogs:         false,
-		MetricsListener:                 ":8091",
-		RoutesFile:                      filePath,
-		InlineRoutes:                    `healthz: Path("/healthz") -> status(200) -> inlineContent("OK") -> <shunt>;`,
-		ApplicationLogOutput:            fdApp.Name(),
-		AccessLogOutput:                 fdAccess.Name(),
-		AccessLogDisabled:               false,
-		MaxTCPListenerConcurrency:       0,
-		ExpectedBytesPerRequest:         1024,
-		ReadHeaderTimeoutServer:         0,
-		ReadTimeoutServer:               1 * time.Second,
-		MetricsFlavours:                 []string{"codahale"},
-		EnablePrometheusMetrics:         true,
-		LoadBalancerHealthCheckInterval: 3 * time.Second,
-		OAuthTokeninfoURL:               "http://127.0.0.1:12345",
-		CredentialsPaths:                []string{"/does-not-exist"},
-		CompressEncodings:               []string{"gzip"},
-		IgnoreTrailingSlash:             true,
-		EnableBreakers:                  true,
-		DebugListener:                   ":8092",
-		StatusChecks:                    []string{"http://127.0.0.1:8091/metrics", "http://127.0.0.1:8092"},
-	}
-
-	dcs, err := createDataClients(o, nil)
+		Address:              address,
+		SourcePollTimeout:    100 * time.Millisecond,
+		WaitFirstRouteLoad:   true,
+		RoutesFile:           routesFilePath,
+		InlineRoutes:         `healthz: Path("/healthz") -> status(200) -> inlineContent("OK") -> <shunt>;`,
+		ApplicationLogOutput: tmpDir + "/application.log",
+		AccessLogOutput:      tmpDir + "/access.log",
+	}
+
+	dataclients, err := createDataClients(o, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to createDataclients: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	fr := createFilterRegistry(
-		fscheduler.NewFifo(),
-		flog.NewEnableAccessLog(),
 		builtin.NewStatus(),
 		builtin.NewInlineContent(),
 	)
-	metrics := &metricstest.MockMetrics{}
-	reg := scheduler.RegistryWith(scheduler.Options{
-		Metrics:                metrics,
-		EnableRouteFIFOMetrics: true,
-	})
-	defer reg.Close()
 
-	// create LB in front of apiservers to be able to switch the data served by apiserver
 	ro := routing.Options{
 		SignalFirstLoad: true,
 		FilterRegistry:  fr,
-		DataClients:     dcs, //[]routing.DataClient{dc},
-		PostProcessors: []routing.PostProcessor{
-			loadbalancer.NewAlgorithmProvider(),
-			reg,
-		},
-		SuppressLogs: true,
+		DataClients:     dataclients,
+		SuppressLogs:    true,
 	}
+
 	rt := routing.New(ro)
 	defer rt.Close()
 	<-rt.FirstLoad()
-	tracer := &tracingtest.Tracer{}
+
 	pr := proxy.WithParams(proxy.Params{
-		Routing:     rt,
-		OpenTracing: &proxy.OpenTracingParams{Tracer: tracer},
+		Routing: rt,
 	})
 	defer pr.Close()
-	lb := stdlibhttptest.NewServer(pr)
-	defer lb.Close()
 
 	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	go run(o, sigs, nil)
 
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
 		t.Logf("Waiting for proxy being ready")
 
-		rsp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Get("http://localhost:8090/healthz")
+		rsp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Get("http://" + address + "/healthz")
 		if rsp != nil && rsp.StatusCode == 200 {
 			break
 		}
 		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 
-	rsp, err := http.DefaultClient.Get("http://localhost:8090/routes-file")
+	rsp, err := http.DefaultClient.Get("http://" + address + "/routes-file")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to GET routes file route: %v", err)
 	}