diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_users.py b/test/functional/rpc_users.py
index 102dd22594..8bbb3c04fa 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_users.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_users.py
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ import string
 import configparser
 import sys
 
+def call_with_auth(node, user, password):
+    url = urllib.parse.urlparse(node.url)
+    headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str('{}:{}'.format(user, password))}
+
+    conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+    conn.connect()
+    conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+    resp = conn.getresponse()
+    conn.close()
+    return resp
+
 
 class HTTPBasicsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
@@ -28,15 +39,24 @@ class HTTPBasicsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def setup_chain(self):
         super().setup_chain()
         #Append rpcauth to bitcoin.conf before initialization
+        self.rtpassword = "cA773lm788buwYe4g4WT+05pKyNruVKjQ25x3n0DQcM="
         rpcauth = "rpcauth=rt:93648e835a54c573682c2eb19f882535$7681e9c5b74bdd85e78166031d2058e1069b3ed7ed967c93fc63abba06f31144"
-        rpcauth2 = "rpcauth=rt2:f8607b1a88861fac29dfccf9b52ff9f$ff36a0c23c8c62b4846112e50fa888416e94c17bfd4c42f88fd8f55ec6a3137e"
-        rpcuser = "rpcuser=rpcuser💻"
-        rpcpassword = "rpcpassword=rpcpassword🔑"
 
-        self.user = ''.join(SystemRandom().choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(10))
+        self.rpcuser = "rpcuser💻"
+        self.rpcpassword = "rpcpassword🔑"
+
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read_file(open(self.options.configfile))
         gen_rpcauth = config['environment']['RPCAUTH']
+
+        # Generate RPCAUTH with specified password
+        self.rt2password = "8/F3uMDw4KSEbw96U3CA1C4X05dkHDN2BPFjTgZW4KI="
+        p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, gen_rpcauth, 'rt2', self.rt2password], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+        lines = p.stdout.read().splitlines()
+        rpcauth2 = lines[1]
+
+        # Generate RPCAUTH without specifying password
+        self.user = ''.join(SystemRandom().choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(10))
         p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, gen_rpcauth, self.user], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
         lines = p.stdout.read().splitlines()
         rpcauth3 = lines[1]
@@ -47,160 +67,40 @@ class HTTPBasicsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             f.write(rpcauth2+"\n")
             f.write(rpcauth3+"\n")
         with open(os.path.join(get_datadir_path(self.options.tmpdir, 1), "bitcoin.conf"), 'a', encoding='utf8') as f:
-            f.write(rpcuser+"\n")
-            f.write(rpcpassword+"\n")
-
-    def run_test(self):
-
-        ##################################################
-        # Check correctness of the rpcauth config option #
-        ##################################################
-        url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
-
-        #Old authpair
-        authpair = url.username + ':' + url.password
-
-        #New authpair generated via share/rpcauth tool
-        password = "cA773lm788buwYe4g4WT+05pKyNruVKjQ25x3n0DQcM="
-
-        #Second authpair with different username
-        password2 = "8/F3uMDw4KSEbw96U3CA1C4X05dkHDN2BPFjTgZW4KI="
-        authpairnew = "rt:"+password
+            f.write("rpcuser={}\n".format(self.rpcuser))
+            f.write("rpcpassword={}\n".format(self.rpcpassword))
 
+    def test_auth(self, node, user, password):
         self.log.info('Correct...')
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpair)}
+        assert_equal(200, call_with_auth(node, user, password).status)
 
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 200)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Use new authpair to confirm both work
-        self.log.info('Correct...')
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 200)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Wrong login name with rt's password
         self.log.info('Wrong...')
-        authpairnew = "rtwrong:"+password
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
+        assert_equal(401, call_with_auth(node, user, password+'wrong').status)
 
-        #Wrong password for rt
         self.log.info('Wrong...')
-        authpairnew = "rt:"+password+"wrong"
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
+        assert_equal(401, call_with_auth(node, user+'wrong', password).status)
 
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Correct for rt2
-        self.log.info('Correct...')
-        authpairnew = "rt2:"+password2
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 200)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Wrong password for rt2
         self.log.info('Wrong...')
-        authpairnew = "rt2:"+password2+"wrong"
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
+        assert_equal(401, call_with_auth(node, user+'wrong', password+'wrong').status)
 
-        #Correct for randomly generated user
-        self.log.info('Correct...')
-        authpairnew = self.user+":"+self.password
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 200)
-        conn.close()
+    def run_test(self):
 
-        #Wrong password for randomly generated user
-        self.log.info('Wrong...')
-        authpairnew = self.user+":"+self.password+"Wrong"
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpairnew)}
+        ##################################################
+        # Check correctness of the rpcauth config option #
+        ##################################################
+        url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
 
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
+        self.test_auth(self.nodes[0], url.username, url.password)
+        self.test_auth(self.nodes[0], 'rt', self.rtpassword)
+        self.test_auth(self.nodes[0], 'rt2', self.rt2password)
+        self.test_auth(self.nodes[0], self.user, self.password)
 
         ###############################################################
         # Check correctness of the rpcuser/rpcpassword config options #
         ###############################################################
         url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[1].url)
 
-        # rpcuser and rpcpassword authpair
-        self.log.info('Correct...')
-        rpcuserauthpair = "rpcuser💻:rpcpassword🔑"
-
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(rpcuserauthpair)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 200)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Wrong login name with rpcuser's password
-        rpcuserauthpair = "rpcuserwrong:rpcpassword"
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(rpcuserauthpair)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
-
-        #Wrong password for rpcuser
-        self.log.info('Wrong...')
-        rpcuserauthpair = "rpcuser:rpcpasswordwrong"
-        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(rpcuserauthpair)}
-
-        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
-        conn.connect()
-        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
-        resp = conn.getresponse()
-        assert_equal(resp.status, 401)
-        conn.close()
-
+        self.test_auth(self.nodes[1], self.rpcuser, self.rpcpassword)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     HTTPBasicsTest ().main ()