diff --git a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
index 6afae507357150f05e61c55c125429f9fe89ba44..d841d041198eb372d8558c14657261fee5bc0ed4 100644
--- a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
+++ b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ classdef (SharedTestFixtures={...
       dirname_for_test = sprintf('/tmp/%s/gdat',getenv('USER')); % to have write permission
       [dummy1,dummy2]=rmdir(dirname_for_test,'s');
       mkdir(dirname_for_test);
-      f = WorkingFolderFixture(dirname_for_test);
-      testCase.applyFixture(f);
+      %f = WorkingFolderFixture(dirname_for_test);
+      testCase.applyFixture(dirname_for_test);
       pwd
       % gdat call
       gdat_call = sprintf(['gdat_' lower(testCase.Machine) '(%s,''%s'')'],shot,request);