diff --git a/test/t/conftest.py b/test/t/conftest.py
index 03bde2d6b9c..dbd139df7ca 100644
--- a/test/t/conftest.py
+++ b/test/t/conftest.py
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ def in_container() -> bool:
 
 def prepare_fixture_dir(
     request, files: Iterable[str], dirs: Iterable[str]
-) -> Tuple[Path, List[str], List[str]]:
+) -> Path:
     """
     Fixture to prepare a test dir with dummy contents on the fly.
 
@@ -961,11 +961,11 @@ def prepare_fixture_dir(
     old_cwd = os.getcwd()
     try:
         os.chdir(tempdir)
-        new_files, new_dirs = create_dummy_filedirs(files, dirs)
+        _, _ = create_dummy_filedirs(files, dirs)
     finally:
         os.chdir(old_cwd)
 
-    return tempdir, new_files, new_dirs
+    return tempdir
 
 
 def create_dummy_filedirs(
diff --git a/test/t/test_man.py b/test/t/test_man.py
index bec41de9613..d61a818121d 100644
--- a/test/t/test_man.py
+++ b/test/t/test_man.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def colonpath(self, request, bash):
         else:
             pytest.skip("Cygwin doesn't like paths with colons")
 
-        tmpdir, _, _ = prepare_fixture_dir(
+        tmpdir = prepare_fixture_dir(
             request,
             files=["man/man3/Bash::Completion.3pm.gz"],
             dirs=["man", "man/man3"],
diff --git a/test/t/test_scp.py b/test/t/test_scp.py
index a6701ac7c78..972c345e272 100644
--- a/test/t/test_scp.py
+++ b/test/t/test_scp.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def tmpdir_backslash(self, request, bash):
         if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
             pytest.skip("Filenames not allowed on Windows")
 
-        tmpdir, _, _ = prepare_fixture_dir(
+        tmpdir = prepare_fixture_dir(
             request, files=["local_path-file\\"], dirs=[]
         )
         return tmpdir
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def test_remote_path_ending_with_backslash(self, bash):
     def tmpdir_mkfifo(self, request, bash):
         # We prepare two files: 1) a named pipe and 2) a regular file ending
         # with the same name but an extra special character "|".
-        tmpdir, _, _ = prepare_fixture_dir(
+        tmpdir = prepare_fixture_dir(
             request,
             files=["local_path_2-pipe|"],
             dirs=[],
diff --git a/test/t/test_sshfs.py b/test/t/test_sshfs.py
index a530ef477f3..7b8f8009584 100644
--- a/test/t/test_sshfs.py
+++ b/test/t/test_sshfs.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def tmpdir_backslash(self, request, bash):
         if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
             pytest.skip("Filenames not allowed on Windows")
 
-        tmpdir, _, _ = prepare_fixture_dir(
+        tmpdir = prepare_fixture_dir(
             request, files=["local_path-file\\"], dirs=["local_path-dir"]
         )
         return tmpdir
diff --git a/test/t/unit/test_unit_load.py b/test/t/unit/test_unit_load.py
index 55130414a05..5fcfda2dfe6 100644
--- a/test/t/unit/test_unit_load.py
+++ b/test/t/unit/test_unit_load.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def fixture_dir(self, request, bash):
         set up symbolic links.
         """
 
-        tmpdir, _, _ = prepare_fixture_dir(request, files=[], dirs=[])
+        tmpdir = prepare_fixture_dir(request, files=[], dirs=[])
         assert_bash_exec(bash, "cp -R %s/* %s/" % (os.getcwd(), tmpdir))
         assert_bash_exec(bash, "mkdir -p %s/bin" % tmpdir)
         assert_bash_exec(