diff --git a/test/fixtures/empty/.gitkeep b/test/fixtures/empty/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6..00000000000000
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-error-messages.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-error-messages.js
index 28141f33f62965..f406e8743ed120 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-error-messages.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-error-messages.js
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
 const nonexistentFile = fixtures.path('non-existent');
 const nonexistentDir = fixtures.path('non-existent', 'foo', 'bar');
 const existingFile = fixtures.path('exit.js');
 const existingFile2 = fixtures.path('create-file.js');
-const existingDir = fixtures.path('empty');
+const existingDir = tmpdir.path;
 const existingDir2 = fixtures.path('keys');
 const { COPYFILE_EXCL } = fs.constants;
 const uv = process.binding('uv');
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index 7bc8428fac5939..abea73c4aa616c 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
 const assert = require('assert');
-const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const backslash = /\\/g;
 
@@ -168,9 +170,10 @@ assert.strictEqual(require('../fixtures/foo').foo, 'ok',
 
 // Should not attempt to load a directory
 try {
-  require('../fixtures/empty');
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  require(tmpdir.path);
 } catch (err) {
-  assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Cannot find module \'../fixtures/empty\'');
+  assert.strictEqual(err.message, `Cannot find module '${tmpdir.path}'`);
 }
 
 {
@@ -284,7 +287,6 @@ try {
     'fixtures/registerExt.test': {},
     'fixtures/registerExt.hello.world': {},
     'fixtures/registerExt2.test': {},
-    'fixtures/empty.js': {},
     'fixtures/module-load-order/file1': {},
     'fixtures/module-load-order/file2.js': {},
     'fixtures/module-load-order/file3.node': {},