diff --git a/src/syscall/dirent_test.go b/src/syscall/dirent_test.go
index 8ed3caa9d4..71b445ba9b 100644
--- a/src/syscall/dirent_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/dirent_test.go
@@ -27,16 +27,12 @@ func TestDirent(t *testing.T) {
 		filenameMinSize = 11
 	)
 
-	d, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dirent-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("tempdir: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(d)
+	d := t.TempDir()
 	t.Logf("tmpdir: %s", d)
 
 	for i, c := range []byte("0123456789") {
 		name := string(bytes.Repeat([]byte{c}, filenameMinSize+i))
-		err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, name), nil, 0644)
+		err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, name), nil, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("writefile: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -93,18 +89,14 @@ func TestDirentRepeat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Make a directory containing N files
-	d, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "direntRepeat-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("tempdir: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(d)
+	d := t.TempDir()
 
 	var files []string
 	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
 		files = append(files, fmt.Sprintf("file%d", i))
 	}
 	for _, file := range files {
-		err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, file), []byte("contents"), 0644)
+		err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, file), []byte("contents"), 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("writefile: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/src/syscall/getdirentries_test.go b/src/syscall/getdirentries_test.go
index 936c8a163a..814e656649 100644
--- a/src/syscall/getdirentries_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/getdirentries_test.go
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@ func testGetdirentries(t *testing.T, count int) {
 	if count > 100 && testing.Short() && os.Getenv("GO_BUILDER_NAME") == "" {
 		t.Skip("skipping in -short mode")
 	}
-	d, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "getdirentries-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Tempdir: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(d)
+	d := t.TempDir()
 	var names []string
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
 		names = append(names, fmt.Sprintf("file%03d", i))
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go b/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
index a05fff5136..ce56c21ff2 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
@@ -79,16 +79,12 @@ func TestFcntlFlock(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS") == "" {
 		// parent
-		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "TestFcntlFlock")
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Failed to create temp dir: %v", err)
-		}
+		tempDir := t.TempDir()
 		name := filepath.Join(tempDir, "TestFcntlFlock")
 		fd, err := syscall.Open(name, syscall.O_CREAT|syscall.O_RDWR|syscall.O_CLOEXEC, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Open failed: %v", err)
 		}
-		defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
 		defer syscall.Close(fd)
 		if err := syscall.Ftruncate(fd, 1<<20); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Ftruncate(1<<20) failed: %v", err)
@@ -157,11 +153,7 @@ func TestPassFD(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 
-	tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "TestPassFD")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	fds, err := syscall.Socketpair(syscall.AF_LOCAL, syscall.SOCK_STREAM, 0)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go b/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
index a9ae54752b..b8ec6bee39 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_windows_test.go
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestWin32finddata(t *testing.T) {
-	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "go-build")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "long_name.and_extension")
 	f, err := os.Create(path)