diff --git a/test/helper.py b/test/helper.py
index 8e641e3cb3..884cf32dc2 100644
--- a/test/helper.py
+++ b/test/helper.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import errno
 import io
 import json
 import os.path
@@ -22,18 +23,33 @@
 with io.open(PARAMETERS_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as pf:
     parameters = json.load(pf)
 
+
+def try_rm(filename):
+    """ Remove a file if it exists """
+    try:
+        os.remove(filename)
+    except OSError as ose:
+        if ose.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise
+
+
 class FakeYDL(YoutubeDL):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.result = []
         # Different instances of the downloader can't share the same dictionary
         # some test set the "sublang" parameter, which would break the md5 checks.
-        self.params = dict(parameters)
-    def to_screen(self, s):
+        params = dict(parameters)
+        super(FakeYDL, self).__init__(params)
+        self.result = []
+        
+    def to_screen(self, s, skip_eol=None):
         print(s)
+
     def trouble(self, s, tb=None):
         raise Exception(s)
+
     def download(self, x):
         self.result.append(x)
+
     def expect_warning(self, regex):
         # Silence an expected warning matching a regex
         old_report_warning = self.report_warning
diff --git a/test/test_download.py b/test/test_download.py
index 23a66254d8..23d3853c4d 100644
--- a/test/test_download.py
+++ b/test/test_download.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import errno
 import hashlib
 import io
 import os
@@ -28,14 +27,6 @@
 compat_urllib_request.install_opener(opener)
 socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
 
-def _try_rm(filename):
-    """ Remove a file if it exists """
-    try:
-        os.remove(filename)
-    except OSError as ose:
-        if ose.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-            raise
-
 md5 = lambda s: hashlib.md5(s.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
 class YoutubeDL(youtube_dl.YoutubeDL):
@@ -54,7 +45,7 @@ def _file_md5(fn):
     with open(fn, 'rb') as f:
         return hashlib.md5(f.read()).hexdigest()
 
-from helper import get_testcases
+from helper import get_testcases, try_rm
 defs = get_testcases()
 
 with io.open(PARAMETERS_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as pf:
@@ -97,9 +88,9 @@ def _hook(status):
 
         test_cases = test_case.get('playlist', [test_case])
         for tc in test_cases:
-            _try_rm(tc['file'])
-            _try_rm(tc['file'] + '.part')
-            _try_rm(tc['file'] + '.info.json')
+            try_rm(tc['file'])
+            try_rm(tc['file'] + '.part')
+            try_rm(tc['file'] + '.info.json')
         try:
             for retry in range(1, RETRIES + 1):
                 try:
@@ -145,9 +136,9 @@ def _hook(status):
                     self.assertTrue(key in info_dict.keys() and info_dict[key])
         finally:
             for tc in test_cases:
-                _try_rm(tc['file'])
-                _try_rm(tc['file'] + '.part')
-                _try_rm(tc['file'] + '.info.json')
+                try_rm(tc['file'])
+                try_rm(tc['file'] + '.part')
+                try_rm(tc['file'] + '.info.json')
 
     return test_template