diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 435a37465a..b6788fea57 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -287,3 +287,12 @@ expect_askpass() {
 	test_cmp "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-expect" \
 		 "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/askpass-query"
 }
+
+strip_access_log() {
+	sed -e "
+		s/^.* \"//
+		s/\"//
+		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
+		s/^GET /GET  /
+	" "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log
+}
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
index dc08275b7d..3fbe7722ff 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
@@ -47,12 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success 'no empty path components' '
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH" &&
 	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/test_repo.git/ test_repo_clone &&
 
-	sed -e "
-		s/^.* \"//
-		s/\"//
-		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
-		s/^GET /GET  /
-	" >act <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+	strip_access_log >act &&
 	test_cmp exp act
 '
 
@@ -134,12 +129,7 @@ GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 POST /smart/test_repo.git/git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'used receive-pack service' '
-	sed -e "
-		s/^.* \"//
-		s/\"//
-		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
-		s/^GET /GET  /
-	" >act <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+	strip_access_log >act &&
 	test_cmp exp act
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index a51b7e20d3..5f98fa90af 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -98,12 +98,7 @@ GET  /smart/repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 POST /smart/repo.git/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'used upload-pack service' '
-	sed -e "
-		s/^.* \"//
-		s/\"//
-		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
-		s/^GET /GET  /
-	" >act <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+	strip_access_log >act &&
 	test_cmp exp act
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5561-http-backend.sh b/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
index 90e0d6f0fe..6a0f240e6d 100755
--- a/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
+++ b/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
@@ -123,12 +123,7 @@ GET  /smart/repo.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1 403 -
 POST /smart/repo.git/git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1 403 -
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'server request log matches test results' '
-	sed -e "
-		s/^.* \"//
-		s/\"//
-		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
-		s/^GET /GET  /
-	" >act <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+	strip_access_log >act &&
 	test_cmp exp act
 '