diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/BitbucketUrlReader.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/BitbucketUrlReader.test.ts
index d8bcde2397..cc540cb83c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/BitbucketUrlReader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/BitbucketUrlReader.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('BitbucketUrlReader', () => {
             ),
         ),
         rest.get(
-          'https://api.bitbucket.mycompany.net/rest/api/1.0/projects/backstage/repos/mock/archive?format=tgz&prefix=mock&path=docs',
+          'https://api.bitbucket.mycompany.net/rest/api/1.0/projects/backstage/repos/mock/archive',
           (_, res, ctx) =>
             res(
               ctx.status(200),
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ describe('BitbucketUrlReader', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       worker.use(
         rest.get(
-          'https://api.bitbucket.mycompany.net/rest/api/1.0/projects/backstage/repos/mock/archive?format=tgz&prefix=mock&path=docs',
+          'https://api.bitbucket.mycompany.net/rest/api/1.0/projects/backstage/repos/mock/archive',
           (_, res, ctx) =>
             res(
               ctx.status(200),
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.test.ts
index 787ef82f60..0b3288e59c 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GithubUrlReader.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('GithubUrlReader', () => {
 
       worker.use(
         rest.get(
-          'https://ghe.github.com/api/v3/repos/backstage/mock/tree/contents/?ref=main',
+          'https://ghe.github.com/api/v3/repos/backstage/mock/tree/contents/',
           (req, res, ctx) => {
             expect(req.headers.get('authorization')).toBe(
               mockHeaders.Authorization,
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
index 5ed151c5c2..9c2e428239 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/GitlabUrlReader.test.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       worker.use(
         rest.get(
-          'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive?sha=main',
+          'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive',
           (_, res, ctx) =>
             res(
               ctx.status(200),
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
           },
         ),
         rest.get(
-          'https://gitlab.mycompany.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive?sha=main',
+          'https://gitlab.mycompany.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive',
           (_, res, ctx) =>
             res(
               ctx.status(200),
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
         'https://gitlab.com/backstage/mock',
       );
 
-      const dir = await response.dir({ targetDir: '/tmp' });
+      const dir = await response.dir({ targetDir: tmpDir });
 
       await expect(
         fs.readFile(path.join(dir, 'mkdocs.yml'), 'utf8'),
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
         'https://gitlab.com/backstage/mock/tree/main/docs',
       );
 
-      const dir = await response.dir({ targetDir: '/tmp' });
+      const dir = await response.dir({ targetDir: tmpDir });
 
       await expect(
         fs.readFile(path.join(dir, 'index.md'), 'utf8'),
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ describe('GitlabUrlReader', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       worker.use(
         rest.get(
-          'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive?sha=main',
+          'https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/backstage%2Fmock/repository/archive',
           (_, res, ctx) =>
             res(
               ctx.status(200),