diff --git a/test/jpypetest/test_non_ascii_paths.py b/test/jpypetest/test_non_ascii_paths.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ddaf526f2..000000000
--- a/test/jpypetest/test_non_ascii_paths.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Regression test for https://github.com/jpype-project/jpype/issues/1194
-"""
-
-import unittest
-import jpype
-from pathlib import Path
-import shutil
-from multiprocessing import get_context, Queue, Process
-
-
-class TestNonAsciiPaths(unittest.TestCase):
-    # This class does not inherit from ``common.JPypeTestCase`` on purpose
-    # because it tests starting the JVM with non-ASCII paths. Sub-processes are
-    # used because restarting the JVM is not supported.
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        # Create a copy of the mrjar.jar file with a non-ASCII path.
-        mrjar_path = Path("test/jar/mrjar.jar")
-        self.mrjar_non_ascii = Path("test/jar/à_non_ascii/mrjar.jar")
-        self.mrjar_non_ascii.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-        shutil.copy(mrjar_path, self.mrjar_non_ascii)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        # Clean up the non-ASCII path.
-        self.mrjar_non_ascii.unlink()
-        self.mrjar_non_ascii.parent.rmdir()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _subproc_test_non_ascii_paths(path: str, queue: Queue):
-        # Can `dir` be called on a package with a non-ASCII path?
-        jpype.addClassPath(path)
-        jpype.startJVM(jpype.getDefaultJVMPath())
-        queue.put(dir(jpype.JPackage("org.jpype.mrjar")))
-        jpype.shutdownJVM()
-
-    def test_non_ascii_paths(self):
-        # Uses a separate process to avoid polluting the main process with
-        # a JVM instance, since restarting the JVM is not supported.
-        ctx = get_context("spawn")
-        queue: Queue = ctx.Queue()
-        path = self.mrjar_non_ascii.absolute().as_posix()
-        proc: Process = ctx.Process(
-            target=self._subproc_test_non_ascii_paths, args=(path, queue)
-        )
-        proc.start()
-        proc.join(5)
-        assert queue.get() == ["A", "B", "sub"]
diff --git a/test/jpypetest/test_startup.py b/test/jpypetest/test_startup.py
index 350971f09..953c77fba 100644
--- a/test/jpypetest/test_startup.py
+++ b/test/jpypetest/test_startup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+import shutil
 
 root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 cp = os.path.join(root, 'classes').replace('\\', '/')
@@ -146,3 +148,13 @@ def testPathTwice(self):
     def testBadKeyword(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             jpype.startJVM(invalid=True)  # type: ignore
+
+    def testNonASCIIPath(self):
+        """Test that paths with non-ASCII characters are handled correctly.
+        Regression test for https://github.com/jpype-project/jpype/issues/1194
+        """
+        with TemporaryDirectory(suffix="à", delete_on_close=False) as tmp_dir:
+            tmp_jar = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "mrjar.jar")
+            shutil.copyfile("test/jar/mrjar.jar", tmp_jar)
+            jpype.startJVM(jvmpath=Path(self.jvmpath), classpath=tmp_jar, convertStrings=False)
+            assert jpype.JClass('org.jpype.mrjar.A') is not None