diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 0587b49650..503f346b5c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
                     <include>com.google.cloud.bigtable.**.it.*IT</include>
                   </includes>
                   <summaryFile>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/failsafe-summary-emulator-it.xml</summaryFile>
+                  <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/emulator-it</reportsDirectory>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@
                     <include>com.google.cloud.bigtable.**.it.*IT</include>
                   </includes>
                   <summaryFile>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/failsafe-summary-prod-it.xml</summaryFile>
+                  <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/prod-it</reportsDirectory>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@
                     <include>com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.it.*IT</include>
                   </includes>
                   <summaryFile>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/failsafe-summary-directpath-it.xml</summaryFile>
+                  <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/directpath-it</reportsDirectory>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
@@ -332,31 +335,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- Workaround maven failing to delete old test reports. For some reason, when using the
-        failsafe plugin in profiles, maven retains the counts from previous executions. Causing a
-        stale failure to fail the current test run. -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>clean-old-reports</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>clean</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <excludeDefaultDirectories>true</excludeDefaultDirectories>
-              <filesets>
-                <fileset>
-                  <directory>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports</directory>
-                </fileset>
-              </filesets>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/scripts/setup-test-table.sh b/scripts/setup-test-table.sh
index 6321c1154c..c8bb1e2a62 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-test-table.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-test-table.sh
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ for ADMIN_HOST in "${ADMIN_HOSTS[@]}"; do
   fi
 
   # Ensure that the table exists
-  if ! call_cbt -instance ${INSTANCE_ID} ls | grep -q "^${TABLE_ID}\$"; then
-    call_cbt createtable ${TABLE_ID}
-  fi
-
-  # Ensure that the family exists
-  if ! call_cbt ls "${TABLE_ID}" | grep -q "^$FAMILY\b"; then
-    call_cbt createfamily "${TABLE_ID}" "${FAMILY}"
-    call_cbt setgcpolicy "${TABLE_ID}" "${FAMILY}" maxversions=1 maxage=1h
+  if ! call_cbt -instance "$INSTANCE_ID" ls | grep -q "^${TABLE_ID}\$"; then
+    call_cbt createtable "$TABLE_ID" "families=$FAMILY:maxversions=1||maxage=1h"
   fi
 done