diff --git a/test/common/README.md b/test/common/README.md
index 30dd9a2f04d46b..7fa47677ca8ce2 100644
--- a/test/common/README.md
+++ b/test/common/README.md
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ Returns a new promise that will propagate `promise` resolution or rejection if
 that happens within the `timeoutMs` timespan, or rejects with `error` as
 a reason otherwise.
 
-### fixturesDir
-* [<String>]
-
-Path to the 'fixtures' directory.
-
 ### getArrayBufferViews(buf)
 * `buf` [<Buffer>]
 * return [<ArrayBufferView[]>]
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index fc3a055c1bca0d..a78f90087793c1 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ const testRoot = process.env.NODE_TEST_DIR ?
 
 const noop = () => {};
 
-exports.fixturesDir = fixturesDir;
-
 // Using a `.` prefixed name, which is the convention for "hidden" on POSIX,
 // gets tools to ignore it by default or by simple rules, especially eslint.
 let tmpDirName = '.tmp';
@@ -303,7 +301,7 @@ exports.childShouldThrowAndAbort = function() {
 
 exports.ddCommand = function(filename, kilobytes) {
   if (exports.isWindows) {
-    const p = path.resolve(exports.fixturesDir, 'create-file.js');
+    const p = path.resolve(fixturesDir, 'create-file.js');
     return `"${process.argv[0]}" "${p}" "${filename}" ${kilobytes * 1024}`;
   } else {
     return `dd if=/dev/zero of="${filename}" bs=1024 count=${kilobytes}`;