diff --git a/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/files/empty.iso b/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/files/empty.iso
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee42e9266
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/files/empty.iso differ
diff --git a/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/recipes/mount.rb b/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/recipes/mount.rb
index 37c5bbe5d..94442ae28 100644
--- a/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/recipes/mount.rb
+++ b/test/integration/cookbooks/os_prepare/recipes/mount.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 # file mount tests
 
-# download alpine linux for file mount tests
-remote_file '/root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso' do
-  source 'http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/cgi-bin/dl.cgi/v3.3/releases/x86_64/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso'
+# copy iso file for mount tests
+# NB created using `mkdir empty; mkisofs -o empty.iso empty/`
+cookbook_file '/root/empty.iso' do
   owner 'root'
   group 'root'
   mode '0755'
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ directory '/mnt/iso-disk' do
   action :create
 end
 
-# mount -o loop /root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso /mnt/iso-disk
+# mount -o loop /root/empty.iso /mnt/iso-disk
 mount '/mnt/iso-disk' do
-  device '/root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso'
+  device '/root/empty.iso'
   options 'loop'
   action [:mount, :enable]
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb b/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
index bc1efa464..58a77b97b 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if os.unix?
     it { should be_mounted }
     it { should be_mounted.with( :type => 'iso9660' ) }
     it { should be_mounted.with( :type => 'iso9660', :options => { :ro => true } ) }
-    it { should be_mounted.with( :type => 'iso9660', :device => '/root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso' ) }
+    it { should be_mounted.with( :type => 'iso9660', :device => '/root/empty.iso' ) }
     it { should_not be_mounted.with( :type => 'ext4' ) }
     it { should_not be_mounted.with( :type => 'xfs' ) }
   end
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if os.unix?
   # also see mount_spec.rb
   describe file('/mnt/iso-disk') do
     it { should be_mounted.only_with( {
-      :device=>"/root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso",
+      :device=>"/root/empty.iso",
       :type=>"iso9660",
       :options=>{
         :ro=>true}
diff --git a/test/integration/test/integration/default/mount_spec.rb b/test/integration/test/integration/default/mount_spec.rb
index 353ed81d0..bed60b5ab 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/integration/default/mount_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test/integration/default/mount_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 describe mount '/mnt/iso-disk' do
   it { should be_mounted }
   its('count') { should eq  1 }
-  its('device') { should eq '/root/alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso' }
+  its('device') { should eq '/root/empty.iso' }
   its('type') { should eq  'iso9660' }
   its('options') { should eq  ['ro'] }
 end