diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-pipe-connect-errors.js b/test/parallel/test-net-pipe-connect-errors.js
index 5ad77b7209..91c4f7efd0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-pipe-connect-errors.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-pipe-connect-errors.js
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const net = require('net');
-const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
 // Test if ENOTSOCK is fired when trying to connect to a file which is not
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let emptyTxt;
 if (common.isWindows) {
   // on Win, common.PIPE will be a named pipe, so we use an existing empty
   // file instead
-  emptyTxt = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'empty.txt');
+  emptyTxt = fixtures.path('empty.txt');
 } else {
   common.refreshTmpDir();
   // Keep the file name very short so tht we don't exceed the 108 char limit