diff --git a/tests/config.sh b/tests/config.sh
index eaa46c395..1edc09c1a 100644
--- a/tests/config.sh
+++ b/tests/config.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 source common.sh
 
 # Test that files are loaded from XDG by default
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/home
-export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/tmp/dir1:/tmp/dir2
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$TEST_ROOT/confighome
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$TEST_ROOT/dir1:$TEST_ROOT/dir2
 files=$(nix-build --verbose --version | grep "User config" | cut -d ':' -f2- | xargs)
-[[ $files == "/tmp/home/nix/nix.conf:/tmp/dir1/nix/nix.conf:/tmp/dir2/nix/nix.conf" ]]
+[[ $files == "$TEST_ROOT/confighome/nix/nix.conf:$TEST_ROOT/dir1/nix/nix.conf:$TEST_ROOT/dir2/nix/nix.conf" ]]
 
 # Test that setting NIX_USER_CONF_FILES overrides all the default user config files
-export NIX_USER_CONF_FILES=/tmp/file1.conf:/tmp/file2.conf
+export NIX_USER_CONF_FILES=$TEST_ROOT/file1.conf:$TEST_ROOT/file2.conf
 files=$(nix-build --verbose --version | grep "User config" | cut -d ':' -f2- | xargs)
-[[ $files == "/tmp/file1.conf:/tmp/file2.conf" ]]
+[[ $files == "$TEST_ROOT/file1.conf:$TEST_ROOT/file2.conf" ]]
 
 # Test that it's possible to load the config from a custom location
 here=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ exp_cores=$(nix show-config | grep '^cores' | cut -d '=' -f 2 | xargs)
 exp_features=$(nix show-config | grep '^experimental-features' | cut -d '=' -f 2 | xargs)
 [[ $prev != $exp_cores ]]
 [[ $exp_cores == "4242" ]]
-[[ $exp_features == "nix-command flakes" ]]
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+[[ $exp_features == "nix-command flakes" ]]