diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index c081da89f..f9368246a 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ def test_setup_configuration_with_arguments(mocker, default_conf, caplog, tmp_pa
     assert "pair_whitelist" in config["exchange"]
     assert "datadir" in config
     assert log_has("Using data directory: {} ...".format("/foo/bar"), caplog)
-    assert log_has(f"Using user-data directory: {tmp_path}/freqtrade ...", caplog)
+    assert log_has(f"Using user-data directory: {tmp_path / 'freqtrade'} ...", caplog)
     assert "user_data_dir" in config
 
     assert "timeframe" in config
diff --git a/tests/test_directory_operations.py b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
index a6216f7a6..0b718060c 100644
--- a/tests/test_directory_operations.py
+++ b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ def test_create_userdata_dir(mocker, tmp_path, caplog) -> None:
     mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(return_value=False))
     md = mocker.patch.object(Path, "mkdir", MagicMock())
 
-    x = create_userdata_dir(f"{tmp_path}/bar", create_dir=True)
+    x = create_userdata_dir(tmp_path / "bar", create_dir=True)
     assert md.call_count == 10
     assert md.call_args[1]["parents"] is False
-    assert log_has(f'Created user-data directory: {f"{tmp_path}/bar"}', caplog)
+    assert log_has(f'Created user-data directory: {tmp_path / "bar"}', caplog)
     assert isinstance(x, Path)
     assert str(x) == f"{tmp_path}/bar"
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_copy_sample_files(mocker, tmp_path) -> None:
 
     copy_sample_files(Path(f"{tmp_path}/bar"))
     assert copymock.call_count == 3
-    assert copymock.call_args_list[0][0][1] == str(f"{tmp_path}/bar/strategies/sample_strategy.py")
+    assert copymock.call_args_list[0][0][1] == str(tmp_path / "bar/strategies/sample_strategy.py")
     assert copymock.call_args_list[1][0][1] == str(
         f"{tmp_path}/bar/hyperopts/sample_hyperopt_loss.py"
     )