diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_alias LTS-N b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_alias LTS-N
index b110117a52..bbc634323f 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_alias LTS-N	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_alias LTS-N	
@@ -5,14 +5,26 @@ die () { echo "$@" ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
 
 cleanup() {
   unset -f nvm_download
+  rm -rf "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
+  mv "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
 }
 
 \. ../../../nvm.sh
 
-set -ex
-
 MOCKS_DIR="${PWD}/mocks"
 
+LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
+LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
+
+mv "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup" ||:
+mkdir -p "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
+
+for LTS in $LTS_LIST; do
+  cp "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup/${LTS}" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts/"
+done
+
+set -ex
+
 # sample output at the time the test was written
 TAB_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/nodejs.org-dist-index.tab"
 nvm_download() {
@@ -21,8 +33,6 @@ nvm_download() {
 
 nvm_ls_remote >/dev/null || die "nvm_ls_remote_failed?!"
 
-LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
-
 N=0
 while IFS= read -r LTS; do
   if [ $N -gt 0 ]; then
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts
index 8f4f20db78..8f68421617 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_normalize_lts	
@@ -2,12 +2,29 @@
 
 cleanup() {
     unset nvm_get_os
+    rm -rf "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
+    mv "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
 }
 
 die () { cleanup; echo "$@" ; exit 1; }
 
 \. ../../../nvm.sh
 
+MOCKS_DIR="../Unit tests/mocks"
+
+LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
+LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
+
+STAR="$(cat "${MOCKS_DIR}/lts-star.txt")"
+
+mv "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup" ||:
+mkdir -p "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts"
+
+printf '%s\n' "${LTS_LIST}" | while IFS= read -r LTS; do
+  cp "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts-backup/${LTS}" "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts/"
+done
+echo "${STAR}" > "${NVM_DIR}/alias/lts/*"
+
 ACTUAL="$(nvm_normalize_lts "foo")"
 EXPECTED='foo'
 [ "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}" ] || die "expected >${EXPECTED}<, got >${ACTUAL}<"
@@ -20,15 +37,12 @@ if ACTUAL="$(nvm_normalize_lts lts/ARGON)"; then
   die "expected failure, got >${ACTUAL}<"
 fi
 
-MOCKS_DIR="../Unit tests/mocks"
-STAR="$(cat "$MOCKS_DIR/lts-star.txt")"
-
 ACTUAL="$(nvm_normalize_lts "${STAR}")"
 EXPECTED="${STAR}"
 [ "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}" ] || die "expected >${EXPECTED}<, got >${ACTUAL}<"
 
-LTS_NAMES_PATH="${MOCKS_DIR}/LTS_names.txt"
-LTS_LIST="$(cat "${LTS_NAMES_PATH}" | tail -n +2)"
+# or, back up LTS aliases, copy backups that are in LTS names
+#
 
 INDEX=1
 printf '%s\n' "${LTS_LIST}" | while IFS= read -r LTS; do