diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0f64af6d..eb5e1bca 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ install: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git bats
 # Default for auto-generated jobs.
 script: make test-build
 
-after_script: |
-  cat "$(ls -tr ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/python-build.*.log | tail -1)"
-
 jobs:
   include:
   # Shell-based tests should execute every time.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9bf21e30..f7f88956 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,17 @@ test: bats
 	PATH="./bats/bin:$$PATH" test/run
 	cd plugins/python-build && $(PWD)/bats/bin/bats $${CI:+--tap} test
 
-test-build: bats
-	cd plugins/python-build && $(PWD)/bats/bin/bats $${CI:+--tap} test/build
+PYTHON_BUILD_ROOT := $(CURDIR)/plugins/python-build
+PYTHON_BUILD_OPTS ?= --verbose
+PYTHON_BUILD_VERSION ?= 3.8-dev
+PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX ?= $(PYTHON_BUILD_ROOT)/test/build/tmp/dist
+
+test-build:
+	$(PYTHON_BUILD_ROOT)/bin/python-build $(PYTHON_BUILD_OPTS) $(PYTHON_BUILD_VERSION) $(PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX)
+	[ -e $(PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX)/bin/python ]
+	$(PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX)/bin/python -V
+	[ -e $(PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX)/bin/pip ]
+	$(PYTHON_BUILD_TEST_PREFIX)/bin/pip -V
 
 bats:
 	git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git bats
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/build/test.bats b/plugins/python-build/test/build/test.bats
deleted file mode 100644
index 37fd1345..00000000
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/build/test.bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bats
-
-load ../test_helper
-export PATH="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../../bin:$PATH"
-
-export PYTHON_BUILD_VERSION="${PYTHON_BUILD_VERSION:-3.8-dev}"
-
-@test "Python build works" {
-  run python-build "$PYTHON_BUILD_VERSION" "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist"
-  assert_success
-
-  [ -e "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/python" ]
-  run "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/python" -V
-  assert_success
-  "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/python" -V >&3 2>&3
-
-  [ -e "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/pip" ]
-  run "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/pip" -V
-  assert_success
-  "$BATS_TMPDIR/dist/bin/pip" -V >&3 2>&3
-}