diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
index 26857879a5..5d521a4f44 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
         *Keg.must_exist_subdirectories,
         HOMEBREW_LINKED_KEGS,
         HOMEBREW_PINNED_KEGS,
-        HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"var",
         HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"Caskroom",
         HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"Frameworks",
         HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/"Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask",
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/support/lib/startup/config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/support/lib/startup/config.rb
index 4a1019b265..796ca1ea62 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/support/lib/startup/config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/support/lib/startup/config.rb
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY    = HOMEBREW_PREFIX.dup.freeze
 HOMEBREW_LIBRARY       = (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/"Library").freeze
 HOMEBREW_CACHE         = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"cache").freeze
 HOMEBREW_CACHE_FORMULA = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"formula_cache").freeze
-HOMEBREW_LINKED_KEGS   = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"linked").freeze
-HOMEBREW_PINNED_KEGS   = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"pinned").freeze
-HOMEBREW_LOCKS         = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"locks").freeze
-HOMEBREW_CELLAR        = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"cellar").freeze
+HOMEBREW_LINKED_KEGS   = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"var/homebrew/linked").freeze
+HOMEBREW_PINNED_KEGS   = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"var/homebrew/pinned").freeze
+HOMEBREW_LOCKS         = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"var/homebrew/locks").freeze
+HOMEBREW_CELLAR        = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"Cellar").freeze
 HOMEBREW_LOGS          = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"logs").freeze
 HOMEBREW_TEMP          = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX.parent/"temp").freeze
 HOMEBREW_TAP_DIRECTORY = (HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/"Taps").freeze