diff --git a/tests/check_samples/test_certification_task.py b/tests/check_samples/test_certification_task.py
index 272889ca..3c9b3411 100644
--- a/tests/check_samples/test_certification_task.py
+++ b/tests/check_samples/test_certification_task.py
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@ import traceback
 import unittest
 
 import rally as rally_m
-from tests.functional import utils
+from tests.check_samples import utils
 
 
 class TestPreCreatedTasks(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def test_check_success(self):
+        rally = utils.Rally()
+        rally("deployment check")
+
     def test_task_samples_is_valid(self):
+
         rally = utils.Rally()
         full_path = os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(rally_m.__file__), os.pardir, "tasks", "openstack")
diff --git a/tests/check_samples/test_task_samples.py b/tests/check_samples/test_task_samples.py
index 444ef30e..f7934985 100644
--- a/tests/check_samples/test_task_samples.py
+++ b/tests/check_samples/test_task_samples.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from rally.common import broker
 from rally.common import yamlutils as yaml
 from rally import plugins
 from rally.plugins.openstack.context.keystone import users
-from tests.functional import utils
+from tests.check_samples import utils
 
 
 class TestTaskSamples(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/check_samples/utils.py b/tests/check_samples/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baf34213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check_samples/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from tests.functional import utils
+
+
+DEPLOYMENT_FILE = "/tmp/rally_functests_main_deployment.json"
+
+
+class Rally(utils.Rally):
+
+    def __init__(self, force_new_db=False):
+        self._DEPLOYMENT_CREATE_ARGS = " --file %s" % DEPLOYMENT_FILE
+        if not os.path.exists(DEPLOYMENT_FILE):
+            subprocess.call(["rally", "--log-file", "/dev/null",
+                             "deployment", "config"],
+                            stdout=open(DEPLOYMENT_FILE, "w"))
+        super(Rally, self).__init__(force_new_db=force_new_db)
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_cli_deployment.py b/tests/functional/test_cli_deployment.py
index b30efb45..8d49d853 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_cli_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_cli_deployment.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class DeploymentTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_check_success(self):
         rally = utils.Rally()
-        self.assertTrue(rally("deployment check"))
+        rally("deployment check")
 
     def test_check_fail(self):
         rally = utils.Rally()
diff --git a/tests/functional/utils.py b/tests/functional/utils.py
index 6927a79f..13a3f5e8 100644
--- a/tests/functional/utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/utils.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import tempfile
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from six.moves import configparser
 
-DEPLOYMENT_FILE = "/tmp/rally_functests_main_deployment.json"
-
 
 class RallyCliError(Exception):
 
@@ -72,12 +70,9 @@ class Rally(object):
         output = rally("deployment list")
 
     """
+    _DEPLOYMENT_CREATE_ARGS = ""
 
-    def __init__(self, fake=False, force_new_db=False):
-        if not os.path.exists(DEPLOYMENT_FILE):
-            subprocess.call(["rally", "--log-file", "/dev/null",
-                             "deployment", "config"],
-                            stdout=open(DEPLOYMENT_FILE, "w"))
+    def __init__(self, force_new_db=False):
 
         # NOTE(sskripnick): we should change home dir to avoid races
         # and do not touch any user files in ~/.rally
@@ -119,7 +114,7 @@ class Rally(object):
         self.reports_root = os.environ.get("REPORTS_ROOT",
                                            "rally-cli-output-files")
         self._created_files = []
-        self("deployment create --file %s --name MAIN" % DEPLOYMENT_FILE,
+        self("deployment create --name MAIN%s" % self._DEPLOYMENT_CREATE_ARGS,
              write_report=False)
 
     def __del__(self):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1aba3fe2..28af1e87 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ commands = oslo_debug_helper -t tests {posargs}
 sitepackages = True
 commands =
   find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-  {toxinidir}/tests/ci/rally_cli_job.sh
+  python {toxinidir}/tests/ci/pytest_launcher.py tests/check_samples --posargs={posargs}
 
 [testenv:functional]
 sitepackages = True