diff --git a/test/test_rake_file_task.rb b/test/test_rake_file_task.rb
index f671d0aa4..a46851bd0 100644
--- a/test/test_rake_file_task.rb
+++ b/test/test_rake_file_task.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path('../helper', __FILE__)
 require 'fileutils'
 
-def load_phony
-  load File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/rake/phony.rb"
-end
-
 class TestRakeFileTask < Rake::TestCase
   include Rake
 
@@ -119,4 +115,8 @@ def ztest_file_deletes_on_failure
     assert( ! File.exist?(NEWFILE), "NEWFILE should be deleted")
   end
 
+  def load_phony
+    load File.join(@orig_PWD, "lib/rake/phony.rb")
+  end
+
 end