diff --git a/tests/checkupdates.TestCase b/tests/checkupdates.TestCase
index e6b2b6d9..7ffc548a 100755
--- a/tests/checkupdates.TestCase
+++ b/tests/checkupdates.TestCase
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class CheckupdatesTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
         self.basedir = localmodule / 'tests'
-        self.tmpdir = localmodule / '.testfiles'
-        self.tmpdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
         # TODO: Python3.6: Accepts a path-like object.
         os.chdir(str(self.basedir))
 
diff --git a/tests/rewritemeta.TestCase b/tests/rewritemeta.TestCase
index 309e2f45..4fc4d8ac 100755
--- a/tests/rewritemeta.TestCase
+++ b/tests/rewritemeta.TestCase
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ class RewriteMetaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
         self.basedir = localmodule / 'tests'
-        self.tmpdir = localmodule / '.testfiles'
-        self.tmpdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
         # TODO: Python3.6: Accepts a path-like object.
         os.chdir(str(self.basedir))