diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-runner/bad_build_check b/infra/base-images/base-runner/bad_build_check
index 5c39bd379..3ee7a0416 100755
--- a/infra/base-images/base-runner/bad_build_check
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-runner/bad_build_check
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ function check_engine {
     # binaries if they are from trial build and production build.
     # TODO(Dongge): Support run test with sanitized binaries for trial and
     # production build.
-    CENTIPEDE_WORKDIR=/tmp/centipede-workdir
-    mkdir -p $CENTIPEDE_WORKDIR
     SKIP_SEED_CORPUS=1 timeout --preserve-status -s INT 20s run_fuzzer $FUZZER_NAME &>$FUZZER_OUTPUT
     CHECK_PASSED=$(egrep "\[0] begin-fuzz: ft: 0 cov: 0" -c $FUZZER_OUTPUT)
     if (( $CHECK_PASSED == 0 )); then
diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-runner/test_all.py b/infra/base-images/base-runner/test_all.py
index ec7c457d9..428e49ac0 100755
--- a/infra/base-images/base-runner/test_all.py
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-runner/test_all.py
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ def do_bad_build_check(fuzz_target):
     auxiliary = []
 
   command = ['bad_build_check', fuzz_target] + auxiliary
-  return subprocess.run(command,
-                        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                        check=False)
+  with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_centipede_workdir:
+    # Do this so that centipede doesn't fill up the disk during bad build check
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['CENTIPEDE_WORKDIR'] = temp_centipede_workdir
+    return subprocess.run(command,
+                          stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          env=env,
+                          check=False)
 
 
 def get_broken_fuzz_targets(bad_build_results, fuzz_targets):