diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 84b23f2b4..4ed22771f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ group :system_tests do
   gem "beaker-hostgenerator", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_HOSTGENERATOR_VERSION'])
   gem "beaker-abs", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_ABS_VERSION'] || '~> 0.1')        
   gem "puppet-blacksmith", '~> 3.4',                                             :require => false
+  gem "beaker-task_helper"
 end
 
 gem 'puppet', *location_for(ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION'])
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/mysql_backup_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/mysql_backup_spec.rb
index b78515726..9fefba865 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/mysql_backup_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/mysql_backup_spec.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class { 'mysql::server::backup':
     end
 
     it 'dumps all databases to single file #stdout' do
-      if version_is_greater_than('5.7.0')
+      unless version_is_greater_than('5.7.0')
         shell('ls -l /tmp/backups/mysql_backup_*-*.sql.bz2 | wc -l') do |r|
           expect(r.stdout).to match(%r{1})
         end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/sql_task_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/sql_task_spec.rb
index c39c02d3b..1ebed9c9e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/sql_task_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/sql_task_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # run a test task
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
 
-describe 'mysql tasks' do
-  describe 'execute some sql', if: pe_install? && puppet_version =~ %r{(5\.\d\.\d)} do
+describe 'mysql tasks', if: puppet_version =~ %r{(5\.\d\.\d)} && fact('operatingsystem') != 'SLES' do
+  describe 'execute some sql' do
     pp = <<-MANIFEST
         class { 'mysql::server': root_password => 'password' }
         mysql::db { 'spec1':
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ class { 'mysql::server': root_password => 'password' }
     MANIFEST
 
     it 'sets up a mysql instance' do
-      apply_manifest(pp, catch_failures: true)
+      apply_manifest_on(hosts, pp, catch_failures: true)
     end
 
     it 'execute arbitary sql' do
       result = run_task(task_name: 'mysql::sql', params: 'sql="show databases;" password=password')
-      expect_multiple_regexes(result: result, regexes: [%r{information_schema}, %r{performance_schema}, %r{Job completed. 1/1 nodes succeeded}])
+      expect_multiple_regexes(result: result, regexes: [%r{information_schema}, %r{#{task_summary_line}}])
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index 247065348..be0f74b48 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -3,59 +3,14 @@
 require 'beaker/puppet_install_helper'
 require 'beaker/module_install_helper'
 require 'beaker/i18n_helper'
-
-def install_bolt_on(hosts)
-  on(hosts, "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/gem install --source http://rubygems.delivery.puppetlabs.net bolt -v '> 0.0.1'", acceptable_exit_codes: [0, 1]).stdout
-end
-
-def pe_install?
-  ENV['PUPPET_INSTALL_TYPE'] =~ %r{pe}i
-end
+require 'beaker/task_helper'
 
 run_puppet_install_helper
-install_ca_certs unless ENV['PUPPET_INSTALL_TYPE'] =~ %r{pe}i
+install_ca_certs unless pe_install?
 install_bolt_on(hosts) unless pe_install?
 install_module_on(hosts)
 install_module_dependencies_on(hosts)
 
-UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = %w[Windows Solaris AIX].freeze
-
-def puppet_version
-  (on default, puppet('--version')).output.chomp
-end
-
-DEFAULT_PASSWORD = if default[:hypervisor] == 'vagrant'
-                     'vagrant'
-                   elsif default[:hypervisor] == 'vcloud'
-                     'Qu@lity!'
-                   end
-
-def run_puppet_access_login(user:, password: '~!@#$%^*-/ aZ', lifetime: '5y')
-  on(master, puppet('access', 'login', '--username', user, '--lifetime', lifetime), stdin: password)
-end
-
-def run_task(task_name:, params: nil, password: DEFAULT_PASSWORD)
-  if pe_install?
-    run_puppet_task(task_name: task_name, params: params)
-  else
-    run_bolt_task(task_name: task_name, params: params, password: password)
-  end
-end
-
-def run_bolt_task(task_name:, params: nil, password: DEFAULT_PASSWORD)
-  on(master, "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/bolt task run #{task_name} --modulepath /etc/puppetlabs/code/modules/service --nodes localhost --password #{password} #{params}", acceptable_exit_codes: [0, 1]).stdout # rubocop:disable Metrics/LineLength
-end
-
-def run_puppet_task(task_name:, params: nil)
-  on(master, puppet('task', 'run', task_name, '--nodes', fact_on(master, 'fqdn'), params.to_s), acceptable_exit_codes: [0, 1]).stdout
-end
-
-def expect_multiple_regexes(result:, regexes:)
-  regexes.each do |regex|
-    expect(result).to match(regex)
-  end
-end
-
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   # Readable test descriptions
   c.formatter = :documentation