diff --git a/test/link_test.go b/test/link_test.go
index 231d178..337e8a2 100644
--- a/test/link_test.go
+++ b/test/link_test.go
@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@ import (
 
 
 func TestLinkCommand(t *testing.T) {
-  oldDotfilePath := viper.GetString("dotfile-path")
-  setUpTesting()
+  viper.Set("testing", true)
+  fs := cmd.FileSystem
+  homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
+
+  fs.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/dotctl"), 0755)
+  links := map[string]string {
+    "someconfig": filepath.Join(homedir, ".config/someconfig"),
+  }
+  viper.Set("links", links)
+
   dotctl := cmd.RootCmd
   actual := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
@@ -25,7 +33,6 @@ func TestLinkCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
   dotctl.Execute()
 
-  homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
   someconfig := filepath.Join(homedir, ".config/someconfig/")
   somedot := filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/someconfig/")
 
@@ -33,24 +40,5 @@ func TestLinkCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
   assert.Equal(t, expected, actual.String(), "actual differs from expected")
 
-  tearDownTesting(oldDotfilePath)
-}
-
-func setUpTesting() {
-  viper.Set("testing", true)
-
-  fs := cmd.FileSystem
-  homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
-  fakeLinks := map[string]string {"someconfig": filepath.Join(homedir, ".config/someconfig")}
-  viper.Set("links", fakeLinks)
-  fs.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/dotctl"), 0755)
-  fs.Create(filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/dotctl/config"))
-
-  viper.Set("dotfile-path", filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles"))
-  viper.Set("someconfig", filepath.Join(homedir, ".config/someconfig/"))
 }
 
-func tearDownTesting(oldDotfilePath string) {
-  viper.Set("dotfile-path", oldDotfilePath)
-  viper.WriteConfig()
-}