diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
index 963aa8d..d8611c8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/case.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
 # Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
 
+import os
 import subprocess
 
 from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
@@ -10,3 +11,41 @@
         return subprocess.check_output(". %s > /dev/null; %s;" % \
                 (self.tc.sdk_env, cmd), shell=True,
                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
+
+    def fetch(self, workdir, dl_dir, url, archive=None):
+        if not archive:
+            from urllib.parse import urlparse
+            archive = os.path.basename(urlparse(url).path)
+
+        if dl_dir:
+            tarball = os.path.join(dl_dir, archive)
+            if os.path.exists(tarball):
+                return tarball
+
+        tarball = os.path.join(workdir, archive)
+        subprocess.check_output(["wget", "-O", tarball, url])
+        return tarball
+
+    def check_elf(self, path, target_os=None, target_arch=None):
+        """
+        Verify that the ELF binary $path matches the specified target
+        OS/architecture, or if not specified the currently configured MACHINE's
+        OS/architecture.
+        """
+        import oe.qa, oe.elf
+
+        if not target_os or not target_arch:
+            output = self._run("echo $OECORE_TARGET_OS:$OECORE_TARGET_ARCH")
+            target_os, target_arch = output.strip().split(":")
+
+        machine_data = oe.elf.machine_dict(None)[target_os][target_arch]
+        (machine, osabi, abiversion, endian, bits) = machine_data
+
+        elf = oe.qa.ELFFile(path)
+        elf.open()
+
+        self.assertEqual(machine, elf.machine(),
+                         "Binary was %s but expected %s" %
+                         (oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(elf.machine()), oe.qa.elf_machine_to_string(machine)))
+        self.assertEqual(bits, elf.abiSize())
+        self.assertEqual(endian, elf.isLittleEndian())
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/assimp.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/assimp.py
index 26c1df0..a600010 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/assimp.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/assimp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import os, subprocess, unittest
-import bb
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
 from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
@@ -10,54 +12,25 @@
     Test case to build a project using cmake.
     """
 
-    td_vars = ['DATETIME', 'TARGET_OS', 'TARGET_ARCH']
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-cmake") or
                 self.tc.hasHostPackage("cmake-native")):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("Needs cmake")
 
-    def fetch(self, workdir, dl_dir, url, archive=None):
-        if not archive:
-            from urllib.parse import urlparse
-            archive = os.path.basename(urlparse(url).path)
-
-        if dl_dir:
-            tarball = os.path.join(dl_dir, archive)
-            if os.path.exists(tarball):
-                return tarball
-
-        tarball = os.path.join(workdir, archive)
-        subprocess.check_output(["wget", "-O", tarball, url])
-        return tarball
-
     def test_assimp(self):
-        import tempfile
-        import oe.qa, oe.elf
-
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="assimp", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
-            dl_dir = self.td.get('DL_DIR', None)
-            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, dl_dir, "https://github.com/assimp/assimp/archive/v4.1.0.tar.gz")
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://github.com/assimp/assimp/archive/v4.1.0.tar.gz")
+
+            dirs = {}
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "assimp-4.1.0")
+            dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
+            dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
+
             subprocess.check_output(["tar", "xf", tarball, "-C", testdir])
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
+            os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
 
-            sourcedir = os.path.join(testdir, "assimp-4.1.0") 
-            builddir = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
-            installdir = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
-            bb.utils.mkdirhier(builddir)
-
-            self._run("cd %s && cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON %s " % (builddir, sourcedir))
-            self._run("cmake --build %s -- -j" % builddir)
-            self._run("cmake --build %s --target install -- DESTDIR=%s" % (builddir, installdir))
-
-            elf = oe.qa.ELFFile(os.path.join(installdir, "usr", "local", "lib", "libassimp.so.4.1.0"))
-            elf.open()
-
-            output = self._run("echo $OECORE_TARGET_OS:$OECORE_TARGET_ARCH")
-            target_os, target_arch = output.strip().split(":")
-            machine_data = oe.elf.machine_dict(None)[target_os][target_arch]
-            (machine, osabi, abiversion, endian, bits) = machine_data
-
-            self.assertEqual(machine, elf.machine())
-            self.assertEqual(bits, elf.abiSize())
-            self.assertEqual(endian, elf.isLittleEndian())
+            self._run("cd {build} && cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON {source}".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cmake --build {build} -- -j".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cmake --build {build} --target install -- DESTDIR={install}".format(**dirs))
+            self.check_elf(os.path.join(dirs["install"], "usr", "local", "lib", "libassimp.so.4.1.0"))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
index 333dc7c..9504ee8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+import subprocess
 import unittest
+
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
-from oeqa.sdk.utils.sdkbuildproject import SDKBuildProject
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
 
 class BuildCpioTest(OESDKTestCase):
-    td_vars = ['DATETIME']
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
-        dl_dir = self.td.get('DL_DIR', None)
-
-        self.project = SDKBuildProject(self.tc.sdk_dir + "/cpio/", self.tc.sdk_env,
-                        "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.12.tar.gz",
-                        self.tc.sdk_dir, self.td['DATETIME'], dl_dir=dl_dir)
-        self.project.download_archive()
-
-        machine = self.td.get("MACHINE")
-        if not self.tc.hasHostPackage("packagegroup-cross-canadian-%s" % machine):
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("SDK doesn't contain a cross-canadian toolchain")
-
+    """
+    Check that autotools will cross-compile correctly.
+    """
     def test_cpio(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
-                        msg="Running configure failed")
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="cpio-", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.12.tar.gz")
 
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
-                        msg="Running make failed")
+            dirs = {}
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.12")
+            dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
+            dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
 
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
-                        msg="Running make install failed")
+            subprocess.check_output(["tar", "xf", tarball, "-C", testdir])
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
+            os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(self):
-        self.project.clean()
+            self._run("cd {build} && {source}/configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make -j".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make install DESTDIR={install}".format(**dirs))
+
+            self.check_elf(os.path.join(dirs["install"], "usr", "local", "bin", "cpio"))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildepoxy.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildepoxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef24b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildepoxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
+class EpoxyTest(OESDKTestCase):
+    """
+    Test that Meson builds correctly.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-meson")):
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("GalculatorTest class: SDK doesn't contain Meson")
+
+    def test_epoxy(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="epoxy", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy/releases/download/1.5.3/libepoxy-1.5.3.tar.xz")
+
+            dirs = {}
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "libepoxy-1.5.3")
+            dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
+            dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
+
+            subprocess.check_output(["tar", "xf", tarball, "-C", testdir])
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
+            os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
+
+            self._run("meson -Degl=no -Dglx=no -Dx11=false {build} {source}".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("ninja -C {build} -v".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("DESTDIR={install} ninja -C {build} -v install".format(**dirs))
+
+            self.check_elf(os.path.join(dirs["install"], "usr", "local", "lib", "libepoxy.so"))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildgalculator.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildgalculator.py
index 050d1b3..47d7580 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildgalculator.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildgalculator.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
-from oeqa.sdk.utils.sdkbuildproject import SDKBuildProject
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
 
 class GalculatorTest(OESDKTestCase):
-    td_vars = ['DATETIME']
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
+    """
+    Test that autotools and GTK+ 3 compiles correctly.
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
         if not (self.tc.hasTargetPackage("gtk+3", multilib=True) or \
                 self.tc.hasTargetPackage("libgtk-3.0", multilib=True)):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("GalculatorTest class: SDK don't support gtk+3")
@@ -15,23 +19,21 @@
             raise unittest.SkipTest("GalculatorTest class: SDK doesn't contain gettext")
 
     def test_galculator(self):
-        dl_dir = self.td.get('DL_DIR', None)
-        project = None
-        try:
-            project = SDKBuildProject(self.tc.sdk_dir + "/galculator/",
-                                      self.tc.sdk_env,
-                                      "http://galculator.mnim.org/downloads/galculator-2.1.4.tar.bz2",
-                                      self.tc.sdk_dir, self.td['DATETIME'], dl_dir=dl_dir)
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="galculator", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "http://galculator.mnim.org/downloads/galculator-2.1.4.tar.bz2")
 
-            project.download_archive()
+            dirs = {}
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "galculator-2.1.4")
+            dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
+            dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
 
-            # regenerate configure to get support for --with-libtool-sysroot
-            legacy_preconf=("autoreconf -i -f -I ${OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT}/usr/share/aclocal -I m4;")
+            subprocess.check_output(["tar", "xf", tarball, "-C", testdir])
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
+            os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
 
-            self.assertEqual(project.run_configure(extra_cmds=legacy_preconf),
-                             0, msg="Running configure failed")
+            self._run("cd {source} && autoreconf -i -f -I $OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT/usr/share/aclocal -I m4".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && {source}/configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make -j".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make install DESTDIR={install}".format(**dirs))
 
-            self.assertEqual(project.run_make(), 0,
-                            msg="Running make failed")
-        finally:
-            project.clean()
+            self.check_elf(os.path.join(dirs["install"], "usr", "local", "bin", "galculator"))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
index b28cc3a..b7483bf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildlzip.py
@@ -1,36 +1,33 @@
-import unittest
+import os, tempfile, subprocess, unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
-from oeqa.sdk.utils.sdkbuildproject import SDKBuildProject
-
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
 
 class BuildLzipTest(OESDKTestCase):
-    td_vars = ['DATETIME']
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
-        dl_dir = self.td.get('DL_DIR', None)
-
-        self.project = SDKBuildProject(self.tc.sdk_dir + "/lzip/", self.tc.sdk_env,
-                        "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/lzip-1.19.tar.gz",
-                        self.tc.sdk_dir, self.td['DATETIME'], dl_dir=dl_dir)
-        self.project.download_archive()
-
-        machine = self.td.get("MACHINE")
-
-        if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("packagegroup-cross-canadian-%s" % machine) or
-                self.tc.hasHostPackage("^gcc-", regex=True)):
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("SDK doesn't contain a cross-canadian toolchain")
-
+    """
+    Test that "plain" compilation works, using just $CC $CFLAGS etc.
+    """
     def test_lzip(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
-                        msg="Running configure failed")
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="lzip", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/lzip-1.19.tar.gz")
 
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
-                        msg="Running make failed")
+            dirs = {}
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "lzip-1.19")
+            dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
+            dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
 
-        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
-                        msg="Running make install failed")
+            subprocess.check_output(["tar", "xf", tarball, "-C", testdir])
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
+            os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(self):
-        self.project.clean()
+            cmd = """cd {build} && \
+                     {source}/configure --srcdir {source} \
+                     CXX="$CXX" \
+                     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" \
+                     CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" \
+                     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+                  """
+            self._run(cmd.format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make -j".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && make install DESTDIR={install}".format(**dirs))
+            self.check_elf(os.path.join(dirs["install"], "usr", "local", "bin", "lzip"))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
index b32b01f..54c6fc4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/gcc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 from oeqa.core.utils.path import remove_safe
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class GccCompileTest(OESDKTestCase):
     td_vars = ['MACHINE']
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
index ff50b46..b8adc5a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/perl.py
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 import unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
 class PerlTest(OESDKTestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
+    def setUp(self):
         if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-perl") or
                 self.tc.hasHostPackage("perl-native")):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No perl package in the SDK")
 
     def test_perl(self):
-        try:
-            cmd = "perl -e '$_=\"Uryyb, jbeyq\"; tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;print'"
-            output = self._run(cmd)
-            self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exit %d (output %s)" % (e.returncode, e.output))
+        cmd = "perl -e '$_=\"Uryyb, jbeyq\"; tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;print'"
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
index bd5f1f6..b9174fa 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/python.py
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 import subprocess, unittest
 from oeqa.sdk.case import OESDKTestCase
 
-class PythonTest(OESDKTestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
-        if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-python3") or
-                self.tc.hasHostPackage("python3-native")):
+from oeqa.utils.subprocesstweak import errors_have_output
+errors_have_output()
+
+class Python2Test(OESDKTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-python-core") or
+                self.tc.hasHostPackage("python-core-native")):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No python package in the SDK")
 
+    def test_python2(self):
+        cmd = "python -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
+
+class Python3Test(OESDKTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        if not (self.tc.hasHostPackage("nativesdk-python3-core") or
+                self.tc.hasHostPackage("python3-core-native")):
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("No python3 package in the SDK")
+
     def test_python3(self):
-        try:
-            cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
-            output = self._run(cmd)
-            self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exit %d (output %s)" % (e.returncode, e.output))
+        cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
+        output = self._run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world\n")