diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-unlink.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-unlink.js
index 5b1cbd14f9c4a4..203ea681e5a079 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-unlink.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-readfile-unlink.js
@@ -3,16 +3,11 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const dirName = path.resolve(common.fixturesDir, 'test-readfile-unlink');
-const fileName = path.resolve(dirName, 'test.bin');
+const fileName = path.resolve(common.tmpDir, 'test.bin');
+
 const buf = Buffer.alloc(512 * 1024, 42);
 
-try {
-  fs.mkdirSync(dirName);
-} catch (e) {
-  // Ignore if the directory already exists.
-  if (e.code !== 'EEXIST') throw e;
-}
+common.refreshTmpDir();
 
 fs.writeFileSync(fileName, buf);
 
@@ -21,6 +16,7 @@ fs.readFile(fileName, function(err, data) {
   assert.strictEqual(data.length, buf.length);
   assert.strictEqual(buf[0], 42);
 
+  // Unlink should not throw. This is part of the test. It used to throw on
+  // Windows due to a bug.
   fs.unlinkSync(fileName);
-  fs.rmdirSync(dirName);
 });