diff --git a/src/test/recovery/Makefile b/src/test/recovery/Makefile
index 4eb12e05838..da5b9ff397c 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/recovery/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 REGRESS_SHLIB=$(abs_top_builddir)/src/test/regress/regress$(DLSUFFIX)
 export REGRESS_SHLIB
 
-# required for 027_stream_regress.pl
-REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR=$(abs_top_builddir)/src/test/recovery/tmp_check
-export REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR
-
 check:
 	$(prove_check)
 
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/027_stream_regress.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/027_stream_regress.pl
index c0aae707ea1..4f82a54f933 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/027_stream_regress.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/027_stream_regress.pl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $node_standby_1->append_conf('postgresql.conf',
 $node_standby_1->start;
 
 my $dlpath = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl2host(dirname($ENV{REGRESS_SHLIB}));
-my $outputdir = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl2host($ENV{REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR});
+my $outputdir = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl2host($PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::tmp_check);
 
 # Run the regression tests against the primary.
 my $extra_opts = $ENV{EXTRA_REGRESS_OPTS} || "";
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
index ddce4680a94..a9946262398 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
@@ -536,8 +536,6 @@ sub recoverycheck
 {
 	InstallTemp();
 
-	$ENV{REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR} = "$topdir/src/test/recovery/tmp_check";
-
 	my $dir    = "$topdir/src/test/recovery";
 	my $status = tap_check($dir);
 	exit $status if $status;