diff --git a/mysql-test/include/start_mysqld.inc b/mysql-test/include/start_mysqld.inc
index 983c566821e..e31f26aad8c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/start_mysqld.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/start_mysqld.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 # Include this script only after using shutdown_mysqld.inc
 # where $_expect_file_name was initialized.
 # Write file to make mysql-test-run.pl start up the server again
---exec echo "restart" > $_expect_file_name
+if ($restart_parameters)
+{
+  --exec echo "restart: $restart_parameters" > $_expect_file_name
+}
+if (!$restart_parameters)
+{
+  --exec echo "restart" > $_expect_file_name
+}
 
 # Turn on reconnect
 --enable_reconnect
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/encryption/r/innodb-log-encrypt.result b/mysql-test/suite/encryption/r/innodb-log-encrypt.result
index fb62292e1f3..6e88ce4cb14 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/encryption/r/innodb-log-encrypt.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/encryption/r/innodb-log-encrypt.result
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = `Barracuda`;
-Warnings:
-Warning	131	Using innodb_file_format is deprecated and the parameter may be removed in future releases. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-file-format.html
-SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = ON;
 create table t1(c1 bigint not null, b char(200), c varchar(200)) engine=innodb encrypted=yes encryption_key_id=1;
 show warnings;
 Level	Code	Message
@@ -15,14 +11,14 @@ set current_num = current_num + 1;
 end while;
 end//
 commit;
-set autocommit=0;
+begin;
 call innodb_insert_proc(2000);
 commit;
-set autocommit=1;
 update t1 set c1 = c1 +1;
 select count(*) from t1;
 count(*)
 2000
+# Kill the server
 # ibdata1 yes on expecting NOT FOUND
 NOT FOUND /privatejanprivate/ in ibdata1
 # t1 yes on expecting NOT FOUND
@@ -55,5 +51,3 @@ FOUND /publicmessage/ in ib_logfile0
 NOT FOUND /publicmessage/ in ib_logfile1
 drop procedure innodb_insert_proc;
 drop table t1;
-Warnings:
-Warning	131	Using innodb_file_format is deprecated and the parameter may be removed in future releases. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/innodb-file-format.html
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/encryption/t/innodb-log-encrypt.test b/mysql-test/suite/encryption/t/innodb-log-encrypt.test
index 7c2e6f847b1..f8b43488b58 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/encryption/t/innodb-log-encrypt.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/encryption/t/innodb-log-encrypt.test
@@ -6,19 +6,6 @@
 # MDEV-9011: Redo log encryption does not work
 #
 
---disable_query_log
-let $innodb_file_format_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_format`;
-let $innodb_file_per_table_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_per_table`;
---enable_query_log
-
---disable_query_log
-let $innodb_file_format_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_format`;
-let $innodb_file_per_table_orig = `SELECT @@innodb_file_per_table`;
---enable_query_log
-
-SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = `Barracuda`;
-SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = ON;
-
 create table t1(c1 bigint not null, b char(200), c varchar(200)) engine=innodb encrypted=yes encryption_key_id=1;
 show warnings;
 
@@ -35,16 +22,13 @@ end//
 delimiter ;//
 commit;
 
-set autocommit=0;
+begin;
 call innodb_insert_proc(2000);
 commit;
-set autocommit=1;
 
 update t1 set c1 = c1 +1;
 select count(*) from t1;
 
--- source include/restart_mysqld.inc
-
 --let $MYSQLD_DATADIR=`select @@datadir`
 --let ib1_IBD = $MYSQLD_DATADIR/ibdata1
 --let t1_IBD = $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.ibd
@@ -53,6 +37,8 @@ select count(*) from t1;
 --let SEARCH_RANGE = 10000000
 --let SEARCH_PATTERN=privatejanprivate
 
+-- source include/kill_mysqld.inc
+
 --echo # ibdata1 yes on expecting NOT FOUND
 -- let SEARCH_FILE=$ib1_IBD
 -- source include/search_pattern_in_file.inc
@@ -68,7 +54,7 @@ select count(*) from t1;
 
 --echo # Restart mysqld --innodb_encrypt_log=0
 -- let $restart_parameters=--innodb_encrypt_log=0
--- source include/restart_mysqld.inc
+-- source include/start_mysqld.inc
 
 insert into t1 values(5000, substring(MD5(RAND()), -64), REPEAT('publicmessage',10));
 insert into t1 values(5001, substring(MD5(RAND()), -64), REPEAT('publicmessage',10));
@@ -106,9 +92,3 @@ insert into t1 values(5004, substring(MD5(RAND()), -64), REPEAT('publicmessage',
 
 drop procedure innodb_insert_proc;
 drop table t1;
-
-# reset system
---disable_query_log
-EVAL SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = $innodb_file_per_table_orig;
-EVAL SET GLOBAL innodb_file_format = $innodb_file_format_orig;
---enable_query_log
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/log_data_file_size.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/log_data_file_size.test
index 0f40474e09b..56a9d35bd92 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/log_data_file_size.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/log_data_file_size.test
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ perl;
 use Fcntl 'SEEK_CUR', 'SEEK_END';
 
 my $page_size = $ENV{'INNODB_PAGE_SIZE'};
-my $restart = 'restart';
+my $restart;
 if ($ENV{'MYSQLD_IS_DEBUG'})
 {
   # It is impractical to ensure that CREATE TABLE t will extend ibdata1.
@@ -36,17 +36,14 @@ if ($ENV{'MYSQLD_IS_DEBUG'})
   while(<FILE>) { unless (/\0*/gso) { $empty_tail= 0; last } }
   if ($empty_tail)
   {
-    $restart = 'restart: --innodb-data-file-size-debug=' . $size;
+    $restart = "--innodb-data-file-size-debug=$size";
     truncate(FILE, $page_size * $root);
   }
   close FILE;
 }
 open(FILE, ">$ENV{MYSQLTEST_VARDIR}/log/start_mysqld.txt") || die;
-print FILE '--exec echo "', $restart, '" > $_expect_file_name
---enable_reconnect
---source include/wait_until_connected_again.inc
---disable_reconnect
-';
+print FILE "--let \$restart_parameters=$restart\n" if $restart;
+print FILE "--source include/start_mysqld.inc\n";
 close FILE;
 open(FILE, "+<", "$ENV{'MYSQLD_DATADIR'}test/ibd4.ibd") or die;
 truncate(FILE, $page_size * 4);