diff --git a/time-machine/src/test/kotlin/de/bund/digitalservice/ris/norms/timemachine/helper/XmlFileWriterTest.kt b/time-machine/src/test/kotlin/de/bund/digitalservice/ris/norms/timemachine/helper/XmlFileWriterTest.kt
index 83d94250d..74e4d672b 100644
--- a/time-machine/src/test/kotlin/de/bund/digitalservice/ris/norms/timemachine/helper/XmlFileWriterTest.kt
+++ b/time-machine/src/test/kotlin/de/bund/digitalservice/ris/norms/timemachine/helper/XmlFileWriterTest.kt
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 internal class XmlFileWriterTest {
 
-  val testOutputPath = "./src/test/output"
-
   private val documentWriter = XmlFileWriter()
 
   @Test
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ internal class XmlFileWriterTest {
 
     // Write the document to a file
     val fileName = "test.xml"
-    documentWriter.writeDocumentToFile(document, "${testOutputPath}/${fileName}")
+    documentWriter.writeDocumentToFile(document, fileName)
 
     // Check that the file exists and has the expected content
     val file = File(fileName)