diff --git a/api/cliconfig/config_test.go b/api/cliconfig/config_test.go
index f9d6a6580e3b..163f1773997a 100644
--- a/api/cliconfig/config_test.go
+++ b/api/cliconfig/config_test.go
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-const FixturePath = "../test-fixtures"
-
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	config, err := LoadConfig(filepath.Join(FixturePath, "config.hcl"))
+	config, err := LoadConfig(filepath.Join("testdata", "config.hcl"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/api/tokenhelper/helper_external_test.go b/api/tokenhelper/helper_external_test.go
index 8508a1630e12..c3ca6a595d51 100644
--- a/api/tokenhelper/helper_external_test.go
+++ b/api/tokenhelper/helper_external_test.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ func TestExternalTokenHelperPath(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExternalTokenHelper(t *testing.T) {
-	test(t, testExternalTokenHelper(t))
+	test(t, testExternalTokenHelper())
 }
 
-func testExternalTokenHelper(t *testing.T) *ExternalTokenHelper {
+func testExternalTokenHelper() *ExternalTokenHelper {
 	return &ExternalTokenHelper{BinaryPath: helperPath("helper"), Env: helperEnv()}
 }
 
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/config.hcl b/command/test-fixtures/config.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index 9161fff4520b..000000000000
--- a/command/test-fixtures/config.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
-
-token_helper = "foo"