diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/ocr_nl/main_test.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/ocr_nl/main_test.py
index 832483ca5317..afaf2e16576c 100755
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/ocr_nl/main_test.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/ocr_nl/main_test.py
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
 import re
 import zipfile
 
+import requests
+
 import main
 
 BUCKET = os.environ['CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET']
 TEST_IMAGE_URI = 'gs://{}/language/image8.png'.format(BUCKET)
+OCR_IMAGES_URI = 'http://storage.googleapis.com/{}/{}'.format(
+    BUCKET, 'language/ocr_nl-images-small.zip')
 
 
 def test_batch_empty():
@@ -79,14 +83,16 @@ def test_entities_list():
     assert wurl == 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Bennet'
 
 
-def test_main(remote_resource, tmpdir, capsys):
+def test_main(tmpdir, capsys):
     images_path = str(tmpdir.mkdir('images'))
 
     # First, pull down some test data
-    zip_path = remote_resource('language/ocr_nl-images-small.zip', tmpdir)
+    response = requests.get(OCR_IMAGES_URI)
+    images_file = tmpdir.join('images.zip')
+    images_file.write_binary(response.content)
 
     # Extract it to the image directory
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path) as zfile:
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(str(images_file)) as zfile:
         zfile.extractall(images_path)
 
     main.main(images_path, str(tmpdir.join('ocr_nl.db')))
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/sentiment/sentiment_analysis_test.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/sentiment/sentiment_analysis_test.py
index 19ec86f17d5b..05d28ab27898 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/sentiment/sentiment_analysis_test.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/sentiment/sentiment_analysis_test.py
@@ -11,37 +11,40 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import re
 
 from sentiment_analysis import analyze
 
+RESOURCES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources')
 
-def test_pos(resource, capsys):
-    analyze(resource('pos.txt'))
+
+def test_pos(capsys):
+    analyze(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'pos.txt'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     score = float(re.search('score of (.+?) with', out).group(1))
     magnitude = float(re.search('magnitude of (.+?)', out).group(1))
     assert score * magnitude > 0
 
 
-def test_neg(resource, capsys):
-    analyze(resource('neg.txt'))
+def test_neg(capsys):
+    analyze(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'neg.txt'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     score = float(re.search('score of (.+?) with', out).group(1))
     magnitude = float(re.search('magnitude of (.+?)', out).group(1))
     assert score * magnitude < 0
 
 
-def test_mixed(resource, capsys):
-    analyze(resource('mixed.txt'))
+def test_mixed(capsys):
+    analyze(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'mixed.txt'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     score = float(re.search('score of (.+?) with', out).group(1))
     assert score <= 0.3
     assert score >= -0.3
 
 
-def test_neutral(resource, capsys):
-    analyze(resource('neutral.txt'))
+def test_neutral(capsys):
+    analyze(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'neutral.txt'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     magnitude = float(re.search('magnitude of (.+?)', out).group(1))
     assert magnitude <= 2.0
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/syntax_triples/main_test.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/syntax_triples/main_test.py
index 62c2915da02e..6aa87818e35b 100755
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/syntax_triples/main_test.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/syntax_triples/main_test.py
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import re
 
 import main
 
+RESOURCES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources')
+
 
 def test_dependents():
     text = "I am eating a delicious banana"
@@ -41,8 +44,8 @@ def test_find_triples():
         assert (1, 2, 5) == triple
 
 
-def test_obama_example(resource, capsys):
-    main.main(resource('obama_wikipedia.txt'))
+def test_obama_example(capsys):
+    main.main(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'obama_wikipedia.txt'))
     stdout, _ = capsys.readouterr()
     lines = stdout.split('\n')
     assert re.match(