diff --git a/tests/IResearch/IResearchComparer-test.cpp b/tests/IResearch/IResearchComparer-test.cpp
index 48f3fd33eb..b9a5adfc82 100644
--- a/tests/IResearch/IResearchComparer-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/IResearch/IResearchComparer-test.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 #include "velocypack/Iterator.h"
 
 TEST(IResearchComparerTest, test_comparer_single_entry) {
+  arangodb::tests::init(true);
+
   irs::utf8_path resource;
-  resource /= irs::string_ref(IResearch_test_resource_dir);
+  resource /= irs::string_ref(arangodb::tests::testResourceDir);
   resource /= irs::string_ref("simple_sequential.json");
 
   auto builder = arangodb::basics::VelocyPackHelper::velocyPackFromFile(resource.utf8());
@@ -75,8 +77,10 @@ TEST(IResearchComparerTest, test_comparer_single_entry) {
 }
 
 TEST(IResearchComparerTest, test_comparer_multiple_entries) {
+  arangodb::tests::init(true);
+
   irs::utf8_path resource;
-  resource /= irs::string_ref(IResearch_test_resource_dir);
+  resource /= irs::string_ref(arangodb::tests::testResourceDir);
   resource /= irs::string_ref("simple_sequential.json");
 
   auto builder = arangodb::basics::VelocyPackHelper::velocyPackFromFile(resource.utf8());
diff --git a/tests/IResearch/IResearchViewSorted-test.cpp b/tests/IResearch/IResearchViewSorted-test.cpp
index a3f535aa60..381df274ec 100644
--- a/tests/IResearch/IResearchViewSorted-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/IResearch/IResearchViewSorted-test.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ TEST_F(IResearchViewSortedTest, SingleField) {
     // insert into collections
     {
       irs::utf8_path resource;
-      resource /= irs::string_ref(IResearch_test_resource_dir);
+      resource /= irs::string_ref(arangodb::tests::testResourceDir);
       resource /= irs::string_ref("simple_sequential.json");
 
       auto builder =
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ TEST_F(IResearchViewSortedTest, MultipleFields) {
     // insert into collections
     {
       irs::utf8_path resource;
-      resource /= irs::string_ref(IResearch_test_resource_dir);
+      resource /= irs::string_ref(arangodb::tests::testResourceDir);
       resource /= irs::string_ref("simple_sequential.json");
 
       auto builder =