diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/install-prerequisites.bats b/plugins/python-build/test/install-prerequisites.bats
index b827a0e9..2630c238 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/install-prerequisites.bats
+++ b/plugins/python-build/test/install-prerequisites.bats
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 load test_helper
 
 _setup() {
-  export PYENV_TEST_DIR="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/pyenv-test"
   prerequisites="make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
 libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev curl git llvm libncurses5-dev \
 libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev \
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/test/test_helper.bash b/plugins/python-build/test/test_helper.bash
index 5018f623..5b36e7e9 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/plugins/python-build/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ setup() {
   export PYTHON_BUILD_CURL_OPTS=
   export PYTHON_BUILD_HTTP_CLIENT="curl"
 
+  export PYENV_TEST_DIR="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/pyenv"
   export FIXTURE_ROOT="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/fixtures"
   export INSTALL_ROOT="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/install"
   PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"