diff --git a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
index 9f222783c840f0314f16d532ed89e5daaff98177..ad90fca1fcc34a3b6183b6e78c7a9326aae116d1 100644
--- a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
+++ b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ classdef (SharedTestFixtures={...
 
       testCase.assertTrue(isnumeric(str2double(shot)));
       testCase.assertTrue(ischar(request));
-      pwd
-% $$$       dirname_for_test = sprintf('/tmp/%s/gdat',getenv('USER')); % to have write permission
-% $$$       [dummy1,dummy2]=rmdir(dirname_for_test,'s');
-% $$$       mkdir(dirname_for_test);
+      % move to a /tmp/xx folder so if fort.0 files or others are created, it can
       f=matlab.unittest.fixtures.WorkingFolderFixture('withsuffix','_gdat');
       testCase.applyFixture(f);
-      pwd
+
       % gdat call
       gdat_call = sprintf(['gdat_' lower(testCase.Machine) '(%s,''%s'')'],shot,request);
       do_gdat_call = 1;