diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3b6236246..2e53dd35e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ tags
 *.pyc
 doc/api.xml
 tools/nodejs.pc
-test/fixtures/hello.txt
 tmp/
 node
 node_g
 *.swp
 .benchmark_reports
 /.project
-/.cproject
\ No newline at end of file
+/.cproject
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-custom-fds.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-custom-fds.js
index 97b70ee272..d4e4a47afd 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-custom-fds.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-custom-fds.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var expected = 'hello world';
 
 // Test the equivalent of:
 // $ /bin/echo 'hello world' > hello.txt
-var helloPath = fixtPath('hello.txt');
+var helloPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'hello.txt');
 
 function test1(next) {
   console.log('Test 1...');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-deprecated-api.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-deprecated-api.js
index 5f26b12c9d..754c74bc4b 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-deprecated-api.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-deprecated-api.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var exits = 0;
 // for child_process.spawn(path, args, env, customFds) deprecated api
 (function() {
   var expected = 'hello world';
-  var helloPath = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'hello.txt');
+  var helloPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'hello.txt');
 
   fs.open(helloPath, 'w', 400, function(err, fd) {
     if (err) throw err;