3 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/tests/coveragetest.py b/tests/coveragetest.py
index aad71134..a4e0ee02 100644
--- a/tests/coveragetest.py
+++ b/tests/coveragetest.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from coverage.misc import import_local_file
 
 from tests.helpers import arcs_to_arcz_repr, arcz_to_arcs, assert_count_equal
 from tests.helpers import nice_file, run_command
-from tests.mixins import PytestBase, StdStreamCapturingMixin, SysPathModulesMixin, TempDirMixin
+from tests.mixins import PytestBase, StdStreamCapturingMixin, RestoreModulesMixin, TempDirMixin
 
 
 # Status returns for the command line.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ TESTS_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
 class CoverageTest(
     StdStreamCapturingMixin,
-    SysPathModulesMixin,
+    RestoreModulesMixin,
     TempDirMixin,
     PytestBase,
 ):
diff --git a/tests/mixins.py b/tests/mixins.py
index 95b2145a..4a3347b2 100644
--- a/tests/mixins.py
+++ b/tests/mixins.py
@@ -82,17 +82,8 @@ class TempDirMixin:
         return make_file(filename, text, bytes, newline)
 
 
-class SysPathModulesMixin:
-    """Auto-restore sys.path and the imported modules at the end of each test."""
-
-    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-    def _save_sys_path(self):
-        """Restore sys.path at the end of each test."""
-        old_syspath = sys.path[:]
-        try:
-            yield
-        finally:
-            sys.path = old_syspath
+class RestoreModulesMixin:
+    """Auto-restore the imported modules at the end of each test."""
 
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def _module_saving(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_mixins.py b/tests/test_mixins.py
index 1483b1a2..5692c334 100644
--- a/tests/test_mixins.py
+++ b/tests/test_mixins.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from coverage.misc import import_local_file
 
-from tests.mixins import TempDirMixin, SysPathModulesMixin
+from tests.mixins import TempDirMixin, RestoreModulesMixin
 
 
 class TempDirMixinTest(TempDirMixin):
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TempDirMixinTest(TempDirMixin):
         assert data == b"\x99\x33\x66hello\0"
 
 
-class SysPathModulessMixinTest(TempDirMixin, SysPathModulesMixin):
+class RestoreModulessMixinTest(TempDirMixin, RestoreModulesMixin):
     """Tests of SysPathModulesMixin."""
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("val", [17, 42])