diff --git a/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb b/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb
index 1e2cff84..917ecdf6 100644
--- a/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/default.rb
@@ -9,38 +9,7 @@
 # Finally (for now), it actually executes the all tests with
 # the local execution backend
 
-gid = 'root'
-gid = 'wheel' if node['platform_family'] == 'freebsd'
-
-file '/tmp/file' do
-  mode '0765'
-  owner 'root'
-  group gid
-  content 'hello world'
-end
-
-directory '/tmp/folder' do
-  mode '0567'
-  owner 'root'
-  group gid
-end
-
-link '/tmp/symlink'do
-  to '/tmp/file'
-  owner 'root'
-  group gid
-  mode '0777'
-end
-
-execute 'create pipe/fifo' do
-  command 'mkfifo /tmp/pipe'
-  not_if 'test -e /tmp/pipe'
-end
-
-execute 'create block_device' do
-  command "mknod /tmp/block_device b 7 7 && chmod 0666 /tmp/block_device && chown root:#{gid} /tmp/block_device"
-  not_if 'test -e /tmp/block_device'
-end
+include_recipe('test::prep_files')
 
 # prepare ssh for backend
 execute 'create ssh key' do
@@ -78,7 +47,7 @@
 
 # execute tests
 execute 'bundle install' do
-  command '/opt/chef/embedded/bin/bundle install'
+  command '/opt/chef/embedded/bin/bundle install --without integration tools'
   cwd '/tmp/kitchen/data'
 end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/prep_files.rb b/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/prep_files.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd740233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/cookbooks/test/recipes/prep_files.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# author: Dominik Richter
+# author: Christoph Hartmann
+#
+# Helper recipe to create create a few files in the operating
+# systems, which the runner will test against.
+
+gid = 'root'
+gid = 'wheel' if node['platform_family'] == 'freebsd'
+gid = 'system' if node['platform_family'] == 'aix'
+
+file '/tmp/file' do
+  mode '0765'
+  owner 'root'
+  group gid
+  content 'hello world'
+end
+
+directory '/tmp/folder' do
+  mode '0567'
+  owner 'root'
+  group gid
+end
+
+link '/tmp/symlink'do
+  to '/tmp/file'
+  owner 'root'
+  group gid
+  mode '0777'
+end
+
+execute 'create pipe/fifo' do
+  command 'mkfifo /tmp/pipe'
+  not_if 'test -e /tmp/pipe'
+end
+
+execute 'create block_device' do
+  command "mknod /tmp/block_device b 7 7 && chmod 0666 /tmp/block_device && chown root:#{gid} /tmp/block_device"
+  not_if 'test -e /tmp/block_device'
+end