diff --git a/tests/deploy.TestCase b/tests/deploy.TestCase
index ef4498b4..35697548 100755
--- a/tests/deploy.TestCase
+++ b/tests/deploy.TestCase
@@ -429,10 +429,17 @@ class DeployTest(unittest.TestCase):
             return 0
 
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir, TmpCwd(tmpdir):
-            os.mkdir('repo')
+            os.mkdir(repo_section)
             os.symlink('repo/com.example.sym.apk', 'Sym.apk')
             os.symlink('repo/com.example.sym.apk.asc', 'Sym.apk.asc')
             os.symlink('repo/com.example.sym.apk.sig', 'Sym.apk.sig')
+
+            fake_files = fdroidserver.deploy.INDEX_FILES
+            for filename in fake_files:
+                fake_file = Path(repo_section) / filename
+                with fake_file.open('w') as fp:
+                    fp.write('not a real one, but has the right filename')
+
             with mock.patch('subprocess.call', side_effect=update_server_webroot_call):
                 fdroidserver.deploy.update_serverwebroot(
                     {'url': url, 'index_only': True}, repo_section
@@ -532,6 +539,13 @@ class DeployTest(unittest.TestCase):
         url = "example.com:/var/www/fdroid"
         repo_section = 'archive'
 
+        os.mkdir(repo_section)
+        fake_files = fdroidserver.deploy.INDEX_FILES
+        for filename in fake_files:
+            fake_file = Path(repo_section) / filename
+            with fake_file.open('w') as fp:
+                fp.write('not a real one, but has the right filename')
+
         # setup function for asserting subprocess.call invocations
         call_iteration = 0