diff --git a/test/unit/app/managers/test_landing.py b/test/unit/app/managers/test_landing.py
index 33d2a4988a54..f86e95e4206d 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/managers/test_landing.py
+++ b/test/unit/app/managers/test_landing.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.landing_manager = LandingRequestManager(
             self.trans.sa_session, self.app.security, self.workflow_contents_manager
         )
-        self.trans.app.trs_proxy = TrsProxy(GalaxyAppConfiguration())
+        self.trans.app.trs_proxy = TrsProxy(GalaxyAppConfiguration(override_tempdir=False))
 
     def test_tool_landing_requests_typical_flow(self):
         landing_request: ToolLandingRequest = self.landing_manager.create_tool_landing_request(self._tool_request)
diff --git a/test/unit/workflows/test_trs_proxy.py b/test/unit/workflows/test_trs_proxy.py
index ebb3a0feeb3a..51524a2e4d1a 100644
--- a/test/unit/workflows/test_trs_proxy.py
+++ b/test/unit/workflows/test_trs_proxy.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 
 
 def get_trs_proxy():
-    return TrsProxy(GalaxyAppConfiguration(trs_servers_config_file=None, fetch_url_allowlist_ips=[]))
+    return TrsProxy(
+        GalaxyAppConfiguration(trs_servers_config_file=None, fetch_url_allowlist_ips=[], override_tempdir=False)
+    )
 
 
 def test_proxy():