diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/cert/cert.sh b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/cert/cert.sh
index 52015d7ef78..aa378f24e22 100755
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/cert/cert.sh
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/cert/cert.sh
@@ -224,26 +224,27 @@ cert_CA()
 
   ################# Generating Certscript #################################
   #
-  echo "$SCRIPTNAME: Certificate initialized, generating script ----------"
-
-  echo 5 > ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 9 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo n >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo y >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 3 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo n >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 5 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 6 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 7 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo 9 >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
-  echo n >> ${CERTSCRIPT}
+  echo "$SCRIPTNAME: Certificate initialized ----------"
 
   ################# Creating CA Cert ######################################
   #
   CU_ACTION="Creating CA Cert"
   CU_SUBJECT="CN=NSS Test CA, O=BOGUS NSS, L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US"
   certu -S -n "TestCA" -t "CTu,CTu,CTu" -v 60 -x -d . -1 -2 -5 \
-        -f ${R_PWFILE} -z ${R_NOISE_FILE} < ${CERTSCRIPT} 2>&1
+        -f ${R_PWFILE} -z ${R_NOISE_FILE} 2>&1 <<CERTSCRIPT
+5
+9
+n
+y
+3
+n
+5
+6
+7
+9
+n
+CERTSCRIPT
+
   if [ "$RET" -ne 0 ]; then
       Exit 6 "Fatal - failed to create CA cert"
   fi
diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/common/init.sh b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/common/init.sh
index e09b2e42d63..f7d07f9ef3e 100644
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/common/init.sh
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/common/init.sh
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ if [ -z "${INIT_SOURCED}" -o "${INIT_SOURCED}" != "TRUE" ]; then
     DAVEDIR=${HOSTDIR}/dave
 
     PWFILE=${TMP}/tests.pw.$$
-    CERTSCRIPT=${TMP}/tests_certs.$$
     NOISE_FILE=${TMP}/tests_noise.$$
 
     # we need relative pathnames of these files abd directories, since our 
@@ -280,14 +279,13 @@ if [ -z "${INIT_SOURCED}" -o "${INIT_SOURCED}" != "TRUE" ]; then
     R_DAVEDIR=../dave
 
     R_PWFILE=../tests.pw.$$
-    R_CERTSCRIPT=../tests_certs.$$
     R_NOISE_FILE=../tests_noise.$$
 
     # a new log file, short - fast to search, mostly for tools to
     # see if their portion of the cert has succeeded, also for me -
     CERT_LOG_FILE=${HOSTDIR}/cert.log      #the output.log is so crowded...
 
-    TEMPFILES="${PWFILE} ${CERTSCRIPT} ${NOISE_FILE}"
+    TEMPFILES="${PWFILE} ${NOISE_FILE}"
     trap "Exit $0 Signal_caught" 2 3
 
     export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH SHLIB_PATH LIBPATH
diff --git a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/tools/tools.sh b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/tools/tools.sh
index e3be51bc38c..25b42866bc2 100644
--- a/mozilla/security/nss/tests/tools/tools.sh
+++ b/mozilla/security/nss/tests/tools/tools.sh
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ tools_init()
   R_TOOLSDIR=../tools
   R_COPYDIR=../tools/copydir
 
-  SIGNSCRIPT=${TMP}/tests_sign.$$
-
-  TEMPFILES="${TEMPFILES} ${SIGNSCRIPT}"
-
   mkdir -p ${TOOLSDIR}
   mkdir -p ${COPYDIR}
   mkdir -p ${TOOLSDIR}/html
@@ -120,15 +116,16 @@ tools_sign()
 {
   echo "$SCRIPTNAME: Create objsign cert -------------------------------"
   echo "signtool -G \"objectsigner\" -d ${R_ALICEDIR} -p \"nss\""
-  echo "y"    > ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "TEST" >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "MOZ"  >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "NSS"  >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "NY"   >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "US"   >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "liz"  >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  echo "liz@moz.org" >> ${SIGNSCRIPT}
-  signtool -G "objsigner" -d ${R_ALICEDIR} -p "nss" < ${SIGNSCRIPT} 2>&1
+  signtool -G "objsigner" -d ${R_ALICEDIR} -p "nss" 2>&1 <<SIGNSCRIPT
+y
+TEST
+MOZ
+NSS
+NY
+US
+liz
+liz@moz.org
+SIGNSCRIPT
 
   echo "$SCRIPTNAME: Signing a set of files ----------------------------"
   echo "signtool -Z nojs.jar -d ${R_ALICEDIR} -p \"nss\" -k objsigner \\"