diff --git a/nxstart/tests/test_utils_files.py b/nxstart/tests/test_utils_files.py
index c1aa2b7..f73b3ba 100644
--- a/nxstart/tests/test_utils_files.py
+++ b/nxstart/tests/test_utils_files.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """Includes tests for the functions in nxstart.utils.files"""
 
 import os
-import shutil
 
 from nxstart.tests.helpers import DIRECTORY_NAME, assert_file_contains_strings
 from nxstart.utils.files import check_and_create_directory, PROJECT_ROOT, get_full_path, replace_in_file
@@ -15,20 +14,18 @@ def test_get_full_path():
     assert path == path_two
 
 
-def test_check_and_create_directory():
-    new_folder_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests', DIRECTORY_NAME)
+def test_check_and_create_directory(tmpdir):
+    new_folder_path = str(tmpdir.join(DIRECTORY_NAME))
 
     check_and_create_directory(new_folder_path)
     assert os.path.isdir(new_folder_path)
-    shutil.rmtree(new_folder_path)
 
 
-def test_replace_in_file():
-    new_test_file_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'tests', 'testfile.txt')
+def test_replace_in_file(tmpdir):
+    new_test_file_path = str(tmpdir.join('testfile.txt'))
     with open(new_test_file_path, 'w') as f:
         f.write('TEXT_PLACEHOLDER')
     replace_in_file(new_test_file_path, {
         'TEXT_PLACEHOLDER': 'NEW_TEXT',
     })
     assert_file_contains_strings(new_test_file_path, ['NEW_TEXT'])
-    os.remove(new_test_file_path)