diff --git a/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/certbot_call.py b/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/certbot_call.py
index 1bff94e75..e1a5695c7 100755
--- a/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/certbot_call.py
+++ b/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/certbot_call.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _prepare_args_env(certbot_args, directory_url, http_01_port, tls_alpn_01_por
     new_environ['TMPDIR'] = workspace
 
     additional_args = []
-    if misc.get_certbot_version() >= LooseVersion('0.30.0'):
+    if misc.get_certbot_version(workspace) >= LooseVersion('0.30.0'):
         additional_args.append('--no-random-sleep-on-renew')
 
     if force_renew:
diff --git a/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/misc.py b/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/misc.py
index fad978408..bad708a62 100644
--- a/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/misc.py
+++ b/certbot-ci/certbot_integration_tests/utils/misc.py
@@ -209,14 +209,11 @@ shutil.rmtree(well_known)
         shutil.rmtree(tempdir)
 
 
-def get_certbot_version():
+def get_certbot_version(workspace):
     """
     Find the version of the certbot available in PATH.
     :return str: the certbot version
     """
-    workspace = os.environ.get('WORKSPACE', os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '.certbot_test_workspace'))
-    if not os.path.exists(workspace):
-        os.mkdir(workspace)
     output = subprocess.check_output(['certbot', '--version'],
                                      universal_newlines=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                                      cwd=workspace)