diff --git a/spec/acceptance/deprecation_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/deprecation_spec.rb
index d0d7fedd0..973c5c84e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/deprecation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/deprecation_spec.rb
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 require 'shellwords'
 
 describe 'deprecation function' do
-  before :each do
-    FileUtils.rm_rf '/tmp/deprecation'
-  end
 
   context 'with --strict=error', if: get_puppet_version =~ /^4/ do
     before :all do
       pp = <<-EOS
       deprecation('key', 'message')
-      file { '/tmp/deprecation': ensure => present }
+      notify { 'deprecation msg': }
       EOS
       @result = on(default, puppet('apply', '--strict=error', '-e', Shellwords.shellescape(pp)), acceptable_exit_codes: (0...256))
     end
@@ -23,17 +20,13 @@
     it "should show the error message" do
       expect(@result.stderr).to match(/deprecation. key. message/)
     end
-
-    describe file('/tmp/deprecation') do
-      it { is_expected.not_to exist }
-    end
   end
 
   context 'with --strict=warning', if: get_puppet_version =~ /^4/ do
     before :all do
       pp = <<-EOS
       deprecation('key', 'message')
-      file { '/tmp/deprecation': ensure => present }
+      notify { 'deprecation msg': }
       EOS
       @result = on(default, puppet('apply', '--strict=warning', '-e', Shellwords.shellescape(pp)), acceptable_exit_codes: (0...256))
     end
@@ -45,17 +38,13 @@
     it "should show the error message" do
       expect(@result.stderr).to match(/Warning: message/)
     end
-
-    describe file('/tmp/deprecation') do
-      it { is_expected.to exist }
-    end
   end
 
   context 'with --strict=off', if: get_puppet_version =~ /^4/ do
     before :all do
       pp = <<-EOS
       deprecation('key', 'message')
-      file { '/tmp/deprecation': ensure => present }
+      notify { 'deprecation msg': }
       EOS
       @result = on(default, puppet('apply', '--strict=off', '-e', Shellwords.shellescape(pp)), acceptable_exit_codes: (0...256))
     end
@@ -67,9 +56,5 @@
     it "should not show the error message" do
       expect(@result.stderr).not_to match(/Warning: message/)
     end
-
-    describe file('/tmp/deprecation') do
-      it { is_expected.to exist }
-    end
   end
 end