diff --git a/java/examples/datasets/runExample.sh.in b/java/examples/datasets/runExample.sh.in
index 8d906db520..83b06ecb33 100644
--- a/java/examples/datasets/runExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/datasets/runExample.sh.in
@@ -159,16 +159,8 @@ COPY_DATAFILES_TO_BLDDIR()
 
 CLEAN_DATAFILES_AND_BLDDIR()
 {
-    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
-    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
-    # make cp fail
-    SDIR=`$DIRNAME $HDFTEST_HOME/../testfiles/examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_Alloc.txt`
-    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $BLDDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.txt
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.out
-    fi
+        $RM $BLDDIR/examples.datasets.H5Ex_D_*.txt
+        $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_D_*.out
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
diff --git a/java/examples/datatypes/runExample.sh.in b/java/examples/datatypes/runExample.sh.in
index adfcea064b..f80450e971 100644
--- a/java/examples/datatypes/runExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/datatypes/runExample.sh.in
@@ -156,16 +156,8 @@ COPY_DATAFILES_TO_BLDDIR()
 
 CLEAN_DATAFILES_AND_BLDDIR()
 {
-    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
-    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
-    # make cp fail
-    SDIR=`$DIRNAME $HDFTEST_HOME/../testfiles/examples.datatypes.H5Ex_T_Array.txt`
-    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $BLDDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.txt
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.out
-    fi
+        $RM $BLDDIR/examples.datatypes.H5Ex_T_*.txt
+        $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_T_*.out
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
diff --git a/java/examples/groups/runExample.sh.in b/java/examples/groups/runExample.sh.in
index ebc6eddabe..7dddc6d90b 100644
--- a/java/examples/groups/runExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/groups/runExample.sh.in
@@ -151,16 +151,8 @@ COPY_DATAFILES_TO_BLDDIR()
 
 CLEAN_DATAFILES_AND_BLDDIR()
 {
-    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
-    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
-    # make cp fail
-    SDIR=`$DIRNAME $HDFTEST_HOME/../testfiles/examples.groups.H5Ex_G_Create.txt`
-    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $BLDDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.txt
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.out
-    fi
+        $RM $BLDDIR/examples.groups.H5Ex_G_*.txt
+        $RM $BLDDIR/H5Ex_G_*.out
 }
 
 COPY_REFFILES="$LIST_REF_FILES"
diff --git a/java/examples/intro/runExample.sh.in b/java/examples/intro/runExample.sh.in
index 5d13fa6852..60ea765857 100644
--- a/java/examples/intro/runExample.sh.in
+++ b/java/examples/intro/runExample.sh.in
@@ -145,16 +145,8 @@ COPY_DATAFILES_TO_BLDDIR()
 
 CLEAN_DATAFILES_AND_BLDDIR()
 {
-    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
-    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
-    # make cp fail
-    SDIR=`$DIRNAME $HDFTEST_HOME/../testfiles/examples.intro.H5_CreateDataset.txt`
-    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $BLDDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
-    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.txt
-        $RM $BLDDIR/*.out
-    fi
+        $RM $BLDDIR/examples.intro.H5_*.txt
+        $RM $BLDDIR/H5_*.out
 }
 
 # Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters