diff --git a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-clojure.el b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-clojure.el
index 771ed79b1..c79acd9c4 100644
--- a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-clojure.el
+++ b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-clojure.el
@@ -230,15 +230,13 @@ or nil if \"none\" is specified"
           'replace)
          (buffer-string)))
       (value
-       (let ((tmp-src-file (make-temp-file "clojure_babel_input_"))
-             (tmp-results-file (make-temp-file "clojure_babel_results_")))
-         (with-temp-file tmp-src-file
-           (insert (format org-babel-clojure-wrapper-method body tmp-results-file tmp-results-file)))
-         (shell-command
-          (format "%s %s" (mapconcat #'identity (org-babel-clojure-babel-clojure-cmd) " ")
-                  tmp-src-file))
+       (let ((tmp-results-file (make-temp-file "clojure_babel_results_")))
+         (with-temp-buffer
+           (insert (format org-babel-clojure-wrapper-method body tmp-results-file tmp-results-file))
+	   (shell-command-on-region (point-min) (point-max)
+				    (mapconcat #'identity (org-babel-clojure-babel-clojure-cmd) " ")))
          (org-babel-clojure-table-or-string
-          (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents tmp-results-file) (buffer-string))))))))
+          (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents (org-babel-maybe-remote-file tmp-results-file)) (buffer-string))))))))
 
 (defun org-babel-clojure-evaluate-session (buffer body &optional result-type)
   "Evaluate the body in the context of a clojure session"
diff --git a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-perl.el b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-perl.el
index 1ecac5388..0ea076485 100644
--- a/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-perl.el
+++ b/contrib/babel/lisp/langs/org-babel-perl.el
@@ -115,10 +115,7 @@ last statement in BODY, as elisp."
 		 tmp-file))
                ;; (message "buffer=%s" (buffer-string)) ;; debugging
                (shell-command-on-region (point-min) (point-max) "perl"))
-             (let ((raw (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents tmp-file) (buffer-string))))
-               (if (or (member "code" result-params) (member "pp" result-params))
-                   raw
-                 (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file tmp-file)))))))
+	     (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file (org-babel-maybe-remote-file tmp-file))))))
     ;; comint session evaluation
     (error "Sessions are not supported for Perl.")))