diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
index 94cc987ae39..56a7951d419 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/xml.test.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function testBuild() {
 		$xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?><tag>value</tag>';
 		$this->assertEqual($obj, Xml::build($xml));
 
-		$xml = TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'webroot' . DS . 'sample.xml';
+		$xml = TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS . 'sample.xml';
 		$obj = Xml::build($xml);
 		$this->assertEqual($obj->getName(), 'tags');
 		$this->assertEqual(count($obj), 2);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ function testToArray() {
 		$obj = Xml::build($xml);
 		$this->assertEqual(Xml::toArray($obj), array('tag' => 'name'));
 
-		$xml = TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'webroot' . DS . 'sample.xml';
+		$xml = TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS . 'sample.xml';
 		$obj = Xml::build($xml);
 		$expected = array(
 			'tags' => array(
diff --git a/cake/tests/fixtures/sample.xml b/cake/tests/fixtures/sample.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ab267da02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cake/tests/fixtures/sample.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tags>
+	<tag id="1">
+		<name>defect</name>
+	</tag>
+	<tag id="2">
+		<name>enhancement</name>
+	</tag>
+</tags>
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