diff --git a/tests/sys/socket/unix_bindconnect_test.c b/tests/sys/socket/unix_bindconnect_test.c
index 079dc4d1cae4..a2c3184d8c8e 100644
--- a/tests/sys/socket/unix_bindconnect_test.c
+++ b/tests/sys/socket/unix_bindconnect_test.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ main(void)
 	char directory_path[PATH_MAX];
 	int error;
 
-	strlcpy(directory_path, "/tmp/unix_bind.XXXXXXX", PATH_MAX);
+	strlcpy(directory_path, "unix_bind.XXXXXXX", PATH_MAX);
 	if (mkdtemp(directory_path) == NULL)
 		err(-1, "mkdtemp");
 	push_path(directory_path);
diff --git a/tests/sys/socket/unix_gc_test.c b/tests/sys/socket/unix_gc_test.c
index 8cae2d97a94e..294c60e82f78 100644
--- a/tests/sys/socket/unix_gc_test.c
+++ b/tests/sys/socket/unix_gc_test.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int serrno;
 	pid_t pid;
 
-	strlcpy(dpath, "/tmp/unpgc.XXXXXXXX", sizeof(dpath));
+	strlcpy(dpath, "unpgc.XXXXXXXX", sizeof(dpath));
 	if (mkdtemp(dpath) == NULL)
 		err(-1, "mkdtemp");