diff --git a/snapshots/helpers_test.go b/snapshots/helpers_test.go
index 5dbdd317536a..751ac212d352 100644
--- a/snapshots/helpers_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/helpers_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -100,7 +101,10 @@ func (m *mockSnapshotter) Snapshot(height uint64, format uint32) (<-chan io.Read
 // setupBusyManager creates a manager with an empty store that is busy creating a snapshot at height 1.
 // The snapshot will complete when the returned closer is called.
 func setupBusyManager(t *testing.T) *snapshots.Manager {
-	tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.RemoveAll(tempdir) })
+
 	store, err := snapshots.NewStore(db.NewMemDB(), tempdir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	hung := newHungSnapshotter()
diff --git a/snapshots/store_test.go b/snapshots/store_test.go
index 1a04a393c1ed..325fd3410bea 100644
--- a/snapshots/store_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/store_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func setupStore(t *testing.T) *snapshots.Store {
-	tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.RemoveAll(tempdir) })
+
 	store, err := snapshots.NewStore(db.NewMemDB(), tempdir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)