diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
index efd56285ef..63adfad09a 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -24,23 +24,6 @@ import {
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { LocalPublish } from './local';
 
-jest.mock('fs-extra', () => {
-  const fsOriginal = jest.requireActual('fs-extra');
-  return {
-    ...fsOriginal,
-    access: jest.fn().mockImplementation((path, checkType, callback) => {
-      if (
-        path.includes('http://localhost:7000/static') &&
-        checkType === fs.constants.F_OK
-      ) {
-        callback();
-      } else {
-        callback(new Error());
-      }
-    }),
-  };
-});
-
 const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
   return {
     apiVersion: 'version',
@@ -59,40 +42,34 @@ const logger = getVoidLogger();
 describe('local publisher', () => {
   it('should publish generated documentation dir', async () => {
     const testDiscovery: jest.Mocked<PluginEndpointDiscovery> = {
-      getBaseUrl: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('http://localhost:7000'),
+      getBaseUrl: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue('http://localhost:7000/api/techdocs'),
       getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
     };
 
-    const mockConfig = new ConfigReader({
-      techdocs: {
-        requestUrl: 'http://localhost:7000',
-        storageUrl: 'http://localhost:7000/static/docs',
-      },
-    });
+    const mockConfig = new ConfigReader({});
 
     const publisher = new LocalPublish(mockConfig, logger, testDiscovery);
     const mockEntity = createMockEntity();
     const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(`${__dirname}/test-component-folder-`);
     expect(tempDir).toBeTruthy();
 
-    fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(path.join(tempDir, '/mock-file'), 'w'));
+    fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(path.join(tempDir, '/index.html'), 'w'));
     await publisher.publish({ entity: mockEntity, directory: tempDir });
 
-    const publishDir = path.resolve(
-      __dirname,
-      `../../../../../plugins/techdocs-backend/static/docs/${mockEntity.metadata.name}`,
-    );
+    fs.removeSync(tempDir);
+
     const resultDir = path.resolve(
       __dirname,
       `../../../../../plugins/techdocs-backend/static/docs/default/${mockEntity.kind}/${mockEntity.metadata.name}`,
     );
 
     expect(fs.existsSync(resultDir)).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(resultDir, '/mock-file'))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(resultDir, '/index.html'))).toBeTruthy();
 
     expect(await publisher.hasDocsBeenGenerated(mockEntity)).toBe(true);
 
-    fs.removeSync(publishDir);
-    fs.removeSync(tempDir);
+    fs.removeSync(resultDir);
   });
 });