diff --git a/test/doctests/fix/tests.jl b/test/doctests/fix/tests.jl
index ee1efad523..254565108a 100644
--- a/test/doctests/fix/tests.jl
+++ b/test/doctests/fix/tests.jl
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ using Documenter, Test
 
 println("="^50)
 @info("Testing `doctest = :fix`")
-#mktempdir(@__DIR__) do dir
-let dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "foo")
-    mkdir(dir)
-    #srcdir = mktempdir(dir)
-    srcdir = joinpath(dir, "src"); mkdir(srcdir)
+mktempdir(@__DIR__) do dir
+    srcdir = mktempdir(dir)
     builddir = mktempdir(dir)
     cp(joinpath(@__DIR__, "broken.md"), joinpath(srcdir, "index.md"))
     cp(joinpath(@__DIR__, "broken.jl"), joinpath(srcdir, "src.jl"))
@@ -16,7 +13,6 @@ let dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "foo")
     @eval using .Foo
     # fix up
     makedocs(sitename="-", modules = [Foo], source = srcdir, build = builddir, doctest = :fix)
-    include(joinpath(srcdir, "src.jl"))
     # test that strict = true works
     makedocs(sitename="-", modules = [Foo], source = srcdir, build = builddir, strict = true)
     # also test that we obtain the expected output