diff --git a/scala/scala.bzl b/scala/scala.bzl
index c94e77d65..d7dc1ebf7 100644
--- a/scala/scala.bzl
+++ b/scala/scala.bzl
@@ -425,19 +425,20 @@ def _path_is_absolute(path):
 
     return False
 
-def _write_launcher(ctx, rjars, main_class, jvm_flags, args="", wrapper_preamble=""):
-    runfiles_root = "${TEST_SRCDIR}/%s" % ctx.workspace_name
-    # RUNPATH is defined here:
-    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/0.4.5/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt#L227
-    classpath = ":".join(["${RUNPATH}%s" % (j.short_path) for j in rjars])
-    jvm_flags = " ".join([ctx.expand_location(f, ctx.attr.data) for f in jvm_flags])
+def _runfiles_root(ctx):
+    return "${TEST_SRCDIR}/%s" % ctx.workspace_name
+
+def _write_java_wrapper(ctx, args="", wrapper_preamble=""):
+    """This creates a wrapper that sets up the correct path
+       to stand in for the java command."""
+
     java_path = str(ctx.attr._java_runtime[java_common.JavaRuntimeInfo].java_executable_runfiles_path)
     if _path_is_absolute(java_path):
       javabin = java_path
     else:
+      runfiles_root = _runfiles_root(ctx)
       javabin = "%s/%s" % (runfiles_root, java_path)
 
-    template = ctx.attr._java_stub_template.files.to_list()[0]
 
     exec_str = ""
     if wrapper_preamble == "":
@@ -457,14 +458,21 @@ def _write_launcher(ctx, rjars, main_class, jvm_flags, args="", wrapper_preamble
             args=args,
         ),
     )
+    return wrapper
 
+def _write_executable(ctx, rjars, main_class, jvm_flags, wrapper):
+    template = ctx.attr._java_stub_template.files.to_list()[0]
+    # RUNPATH is defined here:
+    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/0.4.5/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt#L227
+    classpath = ":".join(["${RUNPATH}%s" % (j.short_path) for j in rjars])
+    jvm_flags = " ".join([ctx.expand_location(f, ctx.attr.data) for f in jvm_flags])
     ctx.template_action(
         template = template,
         output = ctx.outputs.executable,
         substitutions = {
             "%classpath%": classpath,
             "%java_start_class%": main_class,
-            "%javabin%": "JAVABIN=%s/%s" % (runfiles_root, wrapper.short_path),
+            "%javabin%": "JAVABIN=%s/%s" % (_runfiles_root(ctx), wrapper.short_path),
             "%jvm_flags%": jvm_flags,
             "%needs_runfiles%": "",
             "%runfiles_manifest_only%": "",
@@ -739,17 +747,16 @@ def _scala_macro_library_impl(ctx):
   return _lib(ctx, False)  # don't build the ijar for macros
 
 # Common code shared by all scala binary implementations.
-def _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, rjars, transitive_compile_time_jars, jars2labels, implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation = []):
+def _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, rjars, transitive_compile_time_jars, jars2labels, java_wrapper, implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation = []):
   write_manifest(ctx)
   outputs = _compile_or_empty(ctx, cjars, [], False, transitive_compile_time_jars, jars2labels, implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation)  # no need to build an ijar for an executable
   rjars += outputs.full_jars
 
-  _build_deployable(ctx, list(rjars))
-
-  java_wrapper = ctx.new_file(ctx.label.name + "_wrapper.sh")
+  rjars_list = list(rjars)
+  _build_deployable(ctx, rjars_list)
 
   runfiles = ctx.runfiles(
-      files = list(rjars) + [ctx.outputs.executable, java_wrapper] + ctx.files._java_runtime,
+      files = rjars_list + [ctx.outputs.executable, java_wrapper] + ctx.files._java_runtime,
       collect_data = True)
 
   rule_outputs = struct(
@@ -781,12 +788,14 @@ def _scala_binary_impl(ctx):
   jars = _collect_jars_from_common_ctx(ctx)
   (cjars, transitive_rjars) = (jars.compile_jars, jars.transitive_runtime_jars)
 
-  out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels)
-  _write_launcher(
+  wrapper = _write_java_wrapper(ctx, "", "")
+  out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels, wrapper)
+  _write_executable(
       ctx = ctx,
       rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
       main_class = ctx.attr.main_class,
       jvm_flags = ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
+      wrapper = wrapper
   )
   return out
 
@@ -795,15 +804,8 @@ def _scala_repl_impl(ctx):
   jars = _collect_jars_from_common_ctx(ctx, extra_runtime_deps = [ctx.attr._scalacompiler])
   (cjars, transitive_rjars) = (jars.compile_jars, jars.transitive_runtime_jars)
 
-  out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels)
   args = " ".join(ctx.attr.scalacopts)
-  _write_launcher(
-      ctx = ctx,
-      rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
-      main_class = "scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner",
-      jvm_flags = ["-Dscala.usejavacp=true"] + ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
-      args = args,
-      wrapper_preamble = """
+  wrapper = _write_java_wrapper(ctx, args, wrapper_preamble = """
 # save stty like in bin/scala
 saved_stty=$(stty -g 2>/dev/null)
 if [[ ! $? ]]; then
@@ -816,7 +818,15 @@ function finish() {
   fi
 }
 trap finish EXIT
-""",
+""")
+
+  out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels, wrapper)
+  _write_executable(
+      ctx = ctx,
+      rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
+      main_class = "scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner",
+      jvm_flags = ["-Dscala.usejavacp=true"] + ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
+      wrapper = wrapper
   )
 
   return out
@@ -857,14 +867,15 @@ def _scala_test_impl(ctx):
         _scala_test_flags(ctx),
         "-C io.bazel.rules.scala.JUnitXmlReporter ",
     ])
-    out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, transitive_compile_jars, jars_to_labels)
     # main_class almost has to be "org.scalatest.tools.Runner" due to args....
-    _write_launcher(
+    wrapper = _write_java_wrapper(ctx, args, "")
+    out = _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, transitive_compile_jars, jars_to_labels, wrapper)
+    _write_executable(
         ctx = ctx,
         rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
         main_class = ctx.attr.main_class,
         jvm_flags = ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
-        args = args,
+        wrapper = wrapper
     )
     return out
 
@@ -890,14 +901,16 @@ def _scala_junit_test_impl(ctx):
     (cjars, transitive_rjars) = (jars.compile_jars, jars.transitive_runtime_jars)
     implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation = [ctx.attr._junit, ctx.attr._hamcrest]
 
-    out =  _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels, implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation)
+    wrapper = _write_java_wrapper(ctx, "", "")
+    out =  _scala_binary_common(ctx, cjars, transitive_rjars, jars.transitive_compile_jars, jars.jars2labels, wrapper, implicit_junit_deps_needed_for_java_compilation)
     test_suite = _gen_test_suite_flags_based_on_prefixes_and_suffixes(ctx, out.scala.outputs.jars)
     launcherJvmFlags = ["-ea", test_suite.archiveFlag, test_suite.prefixesFlag, test_suite.suffixesFlag, test_suite.printFlag, test_suite.testSuiteFlag]
-    _write_launcher(
+    _write_executable(
         ctx = ctx,
         rjars = out.transitive_rjars,
         main_class = "com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner",
         jvm_flags = launcherJvmFlags + ctx.attr.jvm_flags,
+        wrapper = wrapper
     )
 
     return out