diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 7f095f25..d00adb0e 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -1034,6 +1034,8 @@ sub check_version {
 
 sub spell_version_number {
     my $version = shift;
+    # spelt version of Rawhide is...Rawhide
+    return "Rawhide" if ($version eq 'Rawhide');
     my %ones = (
         "0" => "Zero",
         "1" => "One",
@@ -1070,7 +1072,8 @@ sub spell_version_number {
 }
 
 sub rec_log {
-    my ($line, $condition, $failref) = @_;
+    my ($line, $condition, $failref, $filename) = @_;
+    $filename ||= '/tmp/os-release.log';
     if ($condition) {
         $line = "${line} - SUCCEEDED\n";
     }
@@ -1078,8 +1081,7 @@ sub rec_log {
         push @$failref, $line;
         $line = "${line} - FAILED\n";
     }
-    my $file = "/tmp/os-release.log";
-    script_run "echo \"$line\" >> $file";
+    script_run "echo \"$line\" >> $filename";
 
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/fedora_release.pm b/tests/fedora_release.pm
index eff6cd96..d3888ecf 100644
--- a/tests/fedora_release.pm
+++ b/tests/fedora_release.pm
@@ -10,44 +10,21 @@ use utils;
 # Before branching, the parenthesis contain the word "Rawhide".
 
 sub run {
-    # First, let us define some variables needed to run the program.
     my $self = shift;
-    # The file to be checked
-    my $filename = '/etc/fedora-release';
-    # Version as defined in the RAWREL and VERSION variables. We need both values, because the release
-    # string can be a combination of those two.
+    # Version as defined in the VERSION variable.
     my $version = get_var('VERSION');
-    my $raw_version = get_var('RAWREL');
-
-   # Read the content of the file to compare.
-    my $line = script_output('cat /etc/fedora-release');
-    chomp $line;
-
     # Create a spelt form of the version number.
-    my $speltnum = "undefined";
+    my $speltnum = spell_version_number($version);
+
     if ($version eq "Rawhide") {
-        $speltnum = "Rawhide";
-        $version = $raw_version;
-    }
-    else {
-        $speltnum = spell_version_number($version);
+        # this is the Rawhide release number, which we expect to see.
+        $version = get_var('RAWREL');
     }
 
-    # Create the ideal content of the release file
+    # Create the expected content of the release file
     # and compare it with its real counterpart.
-    # Everything is ok, when that matches, otherwise
-    # the script fails.
-    my $releasenote = "Fedora release $version ($speltnum)";
-    my $log = "fedora-release.log";
-    if ($releasenote eq $line) {
-        rec_log $log, "The content in /etc/fedora-release should be $releasenote and is $line: PASSED";
-        upload_logs "/tmp/fedora-release.log", failok=> 1;
-    }
-    else {
-        rec_log $log, "The content in /etc/fedora-release should be $releasenote but is $line: FAILED";
-        upload_logs "/tmp/fedora-release.log", failok=> 1;
-        die "The content in /etc/fedora-release should be $releasenote but is $line.";
-    }
+    my $expected = "Fedora release $version ($speltnum)";
+    validate_script_output 'cat /etc/fedora-release', sub { $_ eq $expected };
 }
 
 sub test_flags {
diff --git a/tests/os_release.pm b/tests/os_release.pm
index 3da1f344..0c571013 100644
--- a/tests/os_release.pm
+++ b/tests/os_release.pm
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ sub run {
         my $id = get_var("DISTRI"); # Should be "fedora"
         my $name = ucfirst($id);
         my $version_id = get_var("VERSION"); # Should be the version number or Rawhide.
+        my $varstr = spell_version_number($version_id);
         my $target = lc($version_id);
         if ($version_id eq "Rawhide") {
                 $version_id = get_var("RAWREL");
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@ sub run {
         # Everything image.
         my $variant_id = "";
         my $variant = "generic";
-        my $varstr = "Rawhide";
-        $varstr = spell_version_number($version_id) unless ($target eq 'rawhide');
 
         # now replace the values with the correct ones if we are testing a
         # subvariant that maps to a known variant