diff --git a/tardis/conftest.py b/tardis/conftest.py
index b7a24ba0ca0..71fa42622e5 100644
--- a/tardis/conftest.py
+++ b/tardis/conftest.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
+    # A common tempdir for storing plots / PDFs and other slow test related data
+    # generated during execution.
+    tempdir_session = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    config.option.tempdir = tempdir_session
+
     html_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
     # Html test report will be generated at this filepath by pytest-html plugin
     config.option.htmlpath = html_file.name
@@ -103,6 +108,9 @@ def pytest_unconfigure(config):
     # is not desired, hence deleted.
     os.unlink(config.option.htmlpath)
     print "Deleted temporary file containing html report."
+    # Remove tempdir by recursive deletion
+    os.system("rm -r {0}".format(config.option.tempdir))
+
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # hooks for influencing reporting (invoked from _pytest_terminal)
diff --git a/tardis/tests/tests_slow/conftest.py b/tardis/tests/tests_slow/conftest.py
index c3d78f409d9..ff5ca04c926 100644
--- a/tardis/tests/tests_slow/conftest.py
+++ b/tardis/tests/tests_slow/conftest.py
@@ -18,19 +18,6 @@ def data_path():
     return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "w7")
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def base_plot_dir():
-    githash_short = tardis.__githash__[0:7]
-    base_plot_dir = os.path.join("/tmp", "plots", githash_short)
-
-    # Remove plots generated from previous runs on same githash.
-    if os.path.exists(base_plot_dir):
-        os.rmdir(base_plot_dir)
-
-    os.makedirs(base_plot_dir)
-    return base_plot_dir
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def reference(request, reference_datadir):
     """
@@ -99,9 +86,9 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
     if report.when == 'call':
         test_method_name = report.nodeid.split('::')[-1]
         if test_method_name == "test_spectrum":
-            # Just making it work for this commit. Will be changes subsequently
-            with open(os.path.join("/tmp/plots", tardis.__githash__[0:7],
-                                   "w7", "spectrum.png")) as spectrum_plot:
+            # "w7" written as-is. To be changed after fixture parametrization
+            with open(os.path.join(item.config.option.tempdir, "w7",
+                                   "spectrum.png")) as spectrum_plot:
                 encoded_plot = base64.encodestring(spectrum_plot.read())
             extra.append(pytest_html.extras.image(encoded_plot))
         report.extra = extra
diff --git a/tardis/tests/tests_slow/test_w7.py b/tardis/tests/tests_slow/test_w7.py
index d8b720eae16..5a84036b272 100644
--- a/tardis/tests/tests_slow/test_w7.py
+++ b/tardis/tests/tests_slow/test_w7.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestW7(object):
     @classmethod
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
     def setup(self, request, reference, data_path, atomic_data_fname,
-              reference_datadir, base_plot_dir):
+              reference_datadir):
         """
         This method does initial setup of creating configuration and performing
         a single run of integration test.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def setup(self, request, reference, data_path, atomic_data_fname,
         # Form a base directory to save plots for `W7` setup.
         # TODO: Rough prototyping, parametrize this as more setups are added.
         self.name = "w7"
-        self.base_plot_dir = os.path.join(base_plot_dir, self.name)
+        self.base_plot_dir = os.path.join(request.config.option.tempdir, self.name)
         os.makedirs(self.base_plot_dir)
 
     def test_j_estimators(self):