diff --git a/internal/commands/build_test.go b/internal/commands/build_test.go
index 443c366bc..1d4f4b529 100644
--- a/internal/commands/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/commands/build_test.go
@@ -942,26 +942,13 @@ builder = "my-builder"
 		})
 
 		when("a local path with the same string as the specified image name exists", func() {
-			var dir string
-
-			it.Before(func() {
-				// avoid using paths generated by os.MkdirTemp() as they cause test failures on macOS.
-				dir = "my-app-dir" + h.RandString(8)
-				err := os.Mkdir(dir, 0700)
-				h.AssertNil(t, err)
-			})
-
-			it.After(func() {
-				h.AssertNil(t, os.RemoveAll(dir))
-			})
-
 			when("an app path is specified", func() {
 				it("doesn't warn that the positional argument will not be treated as the source path", func() {
 					mockClient.EXPECT().
-						Build(gomock.Any(), EqBuildOptionsWithImage("my-builder", dir)).
+						Build(gomock.Any(), EqBuildOptionsWithImage("my-builder", "testdata")).
 						Return(nil)
 
-					command.SetArgs([]string{dir, "--builder", "my-builder", "--path", "my-source"})
+					command.SetArgs([]string{"testdata", "--builder", "my-builder", "--path", "my-source"})
 					h.AssertNil(t, command.Execute())
 					h.AssertNotContainsMatch(t, outBuf.String(), `Warning: You are building an image named '([^']+)'\. If you mean it as an app directory path, run 'pack build <args> --path ([^']+)'`)
 				})
@@ -970,12 +957,12 @@ builder = "my-builder"
 			when("no app path is specified", func() {
 				it("warns that the positional argument will not be treated as the source path", func() {
 					mockClient.EXPECT().
-						Build(gomock.Any(), EqBuildOptionsWithImage("my-builder", dir)).
+						Build(gomock.Any(), EqBuildOptionsWithImage("my-builder", "testdata")).
 						Return(nil)
 
-					command.SetArgs([]string{dir, "--builder", "my-builder"})
+					command.SetArgs([]string{"testdata", "--builder", "my-builder"})
 					h.AssertNil(t, command.Execute())
-					h.AssertContains(t, outBuf.String(), "Warning: You are building an image named '"+dir+"'. If you mean it as an app directory path, run 'pack build <args> --path "+dir+"'")
+					h.AssertContains(t, outBuf.String(), "Warning: You are building an image named 'testdata'. If you mean it as an app directory path, run 'pack build <args> --path testdata'")
 				})
 			})
 		})