diff --git a/newsfragments/+76d2542b.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+76d2542b.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43b0e391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+76d2542b.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated fixtures for python/cpython#120801.
diff --git a/tests/compat/py39.py b/tests/compat/py39.py
index 16c8b574..9476eb35 100644
--- a/tests/compat/py39.py
+++ b/tests/compat/py39.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 os_helper = try_import('os_helper') or from_test_support(
-    'FS_NONASCII', 'skip_unless_symlink'
+    'FS_NONASCII', 'skip_unless_symlink', 'temp_dir'
 )
 import_helper = try_import('import_helper') or from_test_support(
     'modules_setup', 'modules_cleanup'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures.py
index f8082df0..1bf9a803 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import os
 import sys
 import copy
 import json
 import shutil
 import pathlib
-import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import functools
 import contextlib
@@ -26,29 +24,12 @@
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def tempdir():
-    tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    try:
-        yield pathlib.Path(tmpdir)
-    finally:
-        shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def save_cwd():
-    orig = os.getcwd()
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        os.chdir(orig)
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def tempdir_as_cwd():
-    with tempdir() as tmp:
-        with save_cwd():
-            os.chdir(str(tmp))
-            yield tmp
+def tmp_path():
+    """
+    Like os_helper.temp_dir, but yields a pathlib.Path.
+    """
+    with os_helper.temp_dir() as path:
+        yield pathlib.Path(path)
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -69,7 +50,7 @@ def setUp(self):
 class SiteDir(Fixtures):
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        self.site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(tempdir())
+        self.site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(tmp_path())
 
 
 class OnSysPath(Fixtures):
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index a85c62ad..a93065cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def test_entry_points_unique_packages_normalized(self):
         Entry points should only be exposed for the first package
         on sys.path with a given name (even when normalized).
         """
-        alt_site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(fixtures.tempdir())
+        alt_site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(fixtures.tmp_path())
         self.fixtures.enter_context(self.add_sys_path(alt_site_dir))
         alt_pkg = {
             "DistInfo_pkg-1.1.0.dist-info": {
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index af79e698..32241c00 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def test_unique_distributions(self):
         fixtures.build_files(self.make_pkg('abc'), self.site_dir)
         before = list(_unique(distributions()))
 
-        alt_site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(fixtures.tempdir())
+        alt_site_dir = self.fixtures.enter_context(fixtures.tmp_path())
         self.fixtures.enter_context(self.add_sys_path(alt_site_dir))
         fixtures.build_files(self.make_pkg('ABC'), alt_site_dir)
         after = list(_unique(distributions()))