diff --git a/debian/tests/symbols b/debian/tests/symbols
index 7ea4e9796868d41b27084d29049c7c105d8ad143..cbe861093fef244913e6631fcebb30ef970031dc 100755
--- a/debian/tests/symbols
+++ b/debian/tests/symbols
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ if ! bwrap --ro-bind / / true; then
     skip_all "1..0 # SKIP - cannot run bwrap"
 fi
 
-scratch="$(mktemp -d)"
-echo_tap "# Working directory: $scratch"
-cd "$scratch"
-trap 'cd /; rm -fr $scratch' EXIT
-host="${scratch}/host"
-mkdir "${host}"
+echo_tap "# Working directory: $test_tempdir"
+cd "$test_tempdir"
+host="${test_tempdir}/host"
 
 CAPSULE_SYMBOLS="$(pkg-config --variable=libexecdir capsule)/capsule-symbols"
 
diff --git a/debian/tests/version b/debian/tests/version
index 4c6f97de2e21dbb358273ea1989be36b987b3dcb..3fbed704829ec7c9ff3ec9a85a7e0b6dfc539e22 100755
--- a/debian/tests/version
+++ b/debian/tests/version
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ if ! bwrap --ro-bind / / true; then
     skip_all "1..0 # SKIP - cannot run bwrap"
 fi
 
-scratch="$(mktemp -d)"
-echo_tap "# Working directory: $scratch"
-cd "$scratch"
-trap 'cd /; rm -fr $scratch' EXIT
-host="${scratch}/host"
-mkdir "${host}"
+echo_tap "# Working directory: $test_tempdir"
+cd "$test_tempdir"
+host="${test_tempdir}/host"
 
 CAPSULE_VERSION="$(pkg-config --variable=libexecdir capsule)/capsule-version"