diff --git a/pythonFiles/tests/pytestadapter/helpers.py b/pythonFiles/tests/pytestadapter/helpers.py
index b078439f6eac..e84c46037c2f 100644
--- a/pythonFiles/tests/pytestadapter/helpers.py
+++ b/pythonFiles/tests/pytestadapter/helpers.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import threading
 import uuid
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
@@ -17,20 +18,6 @@
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
 
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def test_output_file(root: pathlib.Path, ext: str = ".txt"):
-    """Creates a temporary python file with a random name."""
-    basename = (
-        "".join(random.choice("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") for _ in range(9)) + ext
-    )
-    fullpath = root / basename
-    try:
-        fullpath.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
-        yield fullpath
-    finally:
-        os.unlink(str(fullpath))
-
-
 def create_server(
     host: str = "127.0.0.1",
     port: int = 0,
@@ -116,31 +103,51 @@ def runner(args: List[str]) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         "-p",
         "vscode_pytest",
     ] + args
+    listener: socket.socket = create_server()
+    _, port = listener.getsockname()
+    listener.listen()
+
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.update(
+        {
+            "TEST_UUID": str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            "TEST_PORT": str(port),
+            "PYTHONPATH": os.fspath(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent),
+        }
+    )
+
+    result: list = []
+    t1: threading.Thread = threading.Thread(
+        target=_listen_on_socket, args=(listener, result)
+    )
+    t1.start()
+
+    t2 = threading.Thread(
+        target=lambda proc_args, proc_env, proc_cwd: subprocess.run(
+            proc_args, env=proc_env, cwd=proc_cwd
+        ),
+        args=(process_args, env, TEST_DATA_PATH),
+    )
+    t2.start()
+
+    t1.join()
+    t2.join()
+
+    return process_rpc_json(result[0]) if result else None
+
 
-    with test_output_file(TEST_DATA_PATH) as output_path:
-        env = os.environ.copy()
-        env.update(
-            {
-                "TEST_UUID": str(uuid.uuid4()),
-                "TEST_PORT": str(12345),  # port is not used for tests
-                "PYTHONPATH": os.fspath(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent),
-                "TEST_OUTPUT_FILE": os.fspath(output_path),
-            }
-        )
-
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            process_args,
-            env=env,
-            cwd=os.fspath(TEST_DATA_PATH),
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-        )
-        if result.returncode != 0:
-            print("Subprocess Run failed with:")
-            print(result.stdout.decode(encoding="utf-8"))
-            print(result.stderr.decode(encoding="utf-8"))
-
-        return process_rpc_json(output_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+def _listen_on_socket(listener: socket.socket, result: List[str]):
+    """Listen on the socket for the JSON data from the server.
+    Created as a seperate function for clarity in threading.
+    """
+    sock, (other_host, other_port) = listener.accept()
+    all_data: list = []
+    while True:
+        data: bytes = sock.recv(1024 * 1024)
+        if not data:
+            break
+        all_data.append(data.decode("utf-8"))
+    result.append("".join(all_data))
 
 
 def find_test_line_number(test_name: str, test_file_path) -> str:
diff --git a/pythonFiles/vscode_pytest/__init__.py b/pythonFiles/vscode_pytest/__init__.py
index 6063e4113d55..39330f4e8a38 100644
--- a/pythonFiles/vscode_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonFiles/vscode_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -437,19 +437,13 @@ def execution_post(
 Request-uuid: {testuuid}
 
 {data}"""
-    test_output_file: Optional[str] = os.getenv("TEST_OUTPUT_FILE", None)
-    if test_output_file == "stdout":
-        print(request)
-    elif test_output_file:
-        pathlib.Path(test_output_file).write_text(request, encoding="utf-8")
-    else:
-        try:
-            with socket_manager.SocketManager(addr) as s:
-                if s.socket is not None:
-                    s.socket.sendall(request.encode("utf-8"))
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Plugin error connection error[vscode-pytest]: {e}")
-            print(f"[vscode-pytest] data: {request}")
+    try:
+        with socket_manager.SocketManager(addr) as s:
+            if s.socket is not None:
+                s.socket.sendall(request.encode("utf-8"))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Plugin error connection error[vscode-pytest]: {e}")
+        print(f"[vscode-pytest] data: {request}")
 
 
 def post_response(cwd: str, session_node: TestNode) -> None:
@@ -477,16 +471,10 @@ def post_response(cwd: str, session_node: TestNode) -> None:
 Request-uuid: {testuuid}
 
 {data}"""
-    test_output_file: Optional[str] = os.getenv("TEST_OUTPUT_FILE", None)
-    if test_output_file == "stdout":
-        print(request)
-    elif test_output_file:
-        pathlib.Path(test_output_file).write_text(request, encoding="utf-8")
-    else:
-        try:
-            with socket_manager.SocketManager(addr) as s:
-                if s.socket is not None:
-                    s.socket.sendall(request.encode("utf-8"))
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Plugin error connection error[vscode-pytest]: {e}")
-            print(f"[vscode-pytest] data: {request}")
+    try:
+        with socket_manager.SocketManager(addr) as s:
+            if s.socket is not None:
+                s.socket.sendall(request.encode("utf-8"))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Plugin error connection error[vscode-pytest]: {e}")
+        print(f"[vscode-pytest] data: {request}")