diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/pom.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/pom.xml
index a7cf08572d1..816ca424f01 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 					<useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
 					<!-- Core tests actually use eclipse.ui classes, see CProjectHelper -->
 					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs} ${extra.vmargs}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 					<excludes>
 						<!-- The default Excludes omits nested static classes, this reenables them.
 							See org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.tests.ast2.cxx14.constexpr.ArrayTests.NonIndexingTests
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/pom.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/pom.xml
index e46cdd1f946..569317f68f3 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 					<useUIHarness>true</useUIHarness>
 					<useUIThread>true</useUIThread>
 					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs} ${extra.vmargs.indexer.timeout} ${extra.vmargs.displayhelper.timeoutmultipler}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 					<excludes>
 						<!-- The default Excludes omits nested static classes, this reenables them.
 							See org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.tests.ast2.cxx14.constexpr.ArrayTests.NonIndexingTests
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.tests/pom.xml b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.tests/pom.xml
index d3d854366f9..0d9f4939b21 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.tests/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
           <product>org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.product</product>
           <application>org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.app</application>
           <argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <artifactId>org.eclipse.platform.feature.group</artifactId>
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
index b984effeb29..52dc831dbb7 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
 					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs} -ea -Xms256m -Xmx512m -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.path=${dsf.gdb.tests.gdbPath} -Ddsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier=${dsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier} -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions=${cdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-debug ./dsf.debug.options -pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-debug ./dsf.debug.options -pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 					<environmentVariables>
 						<!-- See org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb.tests.CommandLineArgsTest.setLaunchAttributes() for why -->
 						<SHELL>/bin/bash</SHELL>
diff --git a/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.tests/pom.xml b/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.tests/pom.xml
index cb343510332..9967d6a87a1 100644
--- a/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/jtag/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.gdbjtag.core.tests/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
 					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs} -ea -Xms256m -Xmx512m -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.path=${dsf.gdb.tests.gdbPath} -Ddsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier=${dsf.gdb.tests.timeout.multiplier} -Dcdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions=${cdt.tests.dsf.gdb.versions}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-debug ./dsf.debug.options -pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-debug ./dsf.debug.options -pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.core.tests/pom.xml b/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.core.tests/pom.xml
index 8dd4219f04a..57574f0ffc6 100644
--- a/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.core.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.core.tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                     <useUIHarness>true</useUIHarness>
                     <useUIThread>true</useUIThread>
                     <argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
                 <!-- else, if you have no UI tests, use this block -->
                     <!-- <useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
                     <useUIThread>false</useUIThread>
diff --git a/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.cquery.tests/pom.xml b/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.cquery.tests/pom.xml
index cca13432fd3..7b376eec288 100644
--- a/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.cquery.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/lsp/org.eclipse.cdt.lsp.cquery.tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                     <useUIHarness>true</useUIHarness>
                     <useUIThread>true</useUIThread>
                     <argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+					<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
                 <!-- else, if you have no UI tests, use this block -->
                     <!-- <useUIHarness>false</useUIHarness>
                     <useUIThread>false</useUIThread>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f9b8683187..06389c4b5dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 						<useUIHarness>true</useUIHarness>
 						<useUIThread>true</useUIThread>
 						<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 						<!-- using tags can cause all tests to be excluded, which is ok and should not fail the build -->
 						<failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
 					</configuration>
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 						<useUIHarness>true</useUIHarness>
 						<useUIThread>false</useUIThread>
 						<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.ui.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 						<!-- using tags can cause all tests to be excluded, which is ok and should not fail the build -->
 						<failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
 					</configuration>
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
 						</dependencies>
 						<product>org.eclipse.platform.ide</product>
 						<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${base.test.vmargs}</argLine>
-						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
+						<appArgLine>-pluginCustomization ${basedir}/../../releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini</appArgLine>
 						<!-- using tags can cause all tests to be excluded, which is ok and should not fail the build -->
 						<failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
 					</configuration>
diff --git a/disable_intro_in_tests.ini b/releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from disable_intro_in_tests.ini
rename to releng/disable_intro_in_tests.ini