diff --git a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
index b75ee27dfc..0f85069211 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class AndroidArgs(
     override val resultsHistoryName = gcloud.resultsHistoryName
 
     private val androidGcloud = androidGcloudYml.gcloud
-    val appApk = cli.app ?: androidGcloud.app
-    val testApk = cli.test ?: androidGcloud.test
+    var appApk = cli.app ?: androidGcloud.app
+    var testApk = cli.test ?: androidGcloud.test
     val autoGoogleLogin = androidGcloud.autoGoogleLogin
 
     // We use not() on noUseOrchestrator because if the flag is on, useOrchestrator needs to be false
diff --git a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
index e139dbd5c3..a0b7bc22e0 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ class AndroidArgsTest {
     @Test
     fun androidArgs() {
         val androidArgs = AndroidArgs.load(androidNonDefault)
-        val expectedAppApk = appApk
-        val expectedTestApk = testApk
 
         with(androidArgs) {
             // GcloudYml
@@ -130,8 +128,8 @@ class AndroidArgsTest {
             assert(resultsHistoryName ?: "", "android-history")
 
             // AndroidGcloudYml
-            assert(appApk, expectedAppApk)
-            assert(testApk, expectedTestApk)
+            assert(appApk, appApkAbsolutePath)
+            assert(testApk, testApkAbsolutePath)
             assert(autoGoogleLogin, false)
             assert(useOrchestrator, false)
             assert(environmentVariables, linkedMapOf("clearPackageData" to "true", "randomEnvVar" to "false"))
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ AndroidArgs
             cli
         )
 
-        assertThat(androidArgs.appApk).isEqualTo(testApk)
+        assertThat(androidArgs.appApk).isEqualTo(testApkAbsolutePath)
         assertThat(androidArgs.cli).isEqualTo(cli)
     }
 
@@ -315,7 +313,7 @@ AndroidArgs
             cli
         )
 
-        assertThat(androidArgs.testApk).isEqualTo(appApk)
+        assertThat(androidArgs.testApk).isEqualTo(appApkAbsolutePath)
         assertThat(androidArgs.cli).isEqualTo(cli)
     }
 
diff --git a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/ArgsHelperTest.kt b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/ArgsHelperTest.kt
index 1eb9702c0c..918b50c632 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/ArgsHelperTest.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/ArgsHelperTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ftl.args.ArgsHelper.validateTestMethods
 import ftl.args.yml.GcloudYml
 import ftl.args.yml.IosGcloudYml
 import ftl.test.util.FlankTestRunner
+import ftl.test.util.TestHelper.absolutePath
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.contrib.java.lang.system.EnvironmentVariables
@@ -17,13 +18,6 @@ import org.junit.contrib.java.lang.system.SystemErrRule
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import java.io.File
-import java.io.IOException
-import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor
-import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes
 
 @RunWith(FlankTestRunner::class)
 class ArgsHelperTest {
@@ -179,8 +173,10 @@ class ArgsHelperTest {
         val testApkRelativePath = "../test_app/apks/app-debug-androidTest.apk"
         val testApkBlobPath = "../test_app/**/app-debug-*.apk"
 
-        assertThat(File(testApkRelativePath).absolutePath)
-            .isEqualTo(ArgsHelper.evaluateFilePath(testApkBlobPath))
+        val actual = ArgsHelper.evaluateFilePath(testApkBlobPath)
+        val expected = testApkRelativePath.absolutePath()
+
+        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected)
     }
 
     private fun makeTmpFile(filePath: String): String {
@@ -195,29 +191,6 @@ class ArgsHelperTest {
         return file.absolutePath
     }
 
-    private fun String.absolutePath(): String {
-        return File(this).absolutePath
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun tmpTest() {
-        Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get("/tmp"), object : SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
-            @Throws(IOException::class)
-            override fun visitFile(path: Path, attrs: BasicFileAttributes): FileVisitResult {
-                 // hits '/tmp' once and doesn't iterate through the files
-                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE
-            }
-
-            override fun visitFileFailed(file: Path?, exc: IOException?): FileVisitResult {
-                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE
-            }
-
-            override fun preVisitDirectory(dir: Path?, attrs: BasicFileAttributes?): FileVisitResult {
-                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun evaluateTildeInFilePath() {
         val expected = makeTmpFile("/tmp/random.xctestrun")
@@ -232,10 +205,10 @@ class ArgsHelperTest {
     fun evaluateEnvVarInFilePath() {
         environmentVariables.set("TEST_APK_DIR", "test_app/apks")
         val testApkPath = "../\$TEST_APK_DIR/app-debug-androidTest.apk"
-        val expectedPath = "../test_app/apks/app-debug-androidTest.apk".absolutePath()
+        val actual = ArgsHelper.evaluateFilePath(testApkPath)
+        val expected = "../test_app/apks/app-debug-androidTest.apk".absolutePath()
 
-        assertThat(expectedPath)
-            .isEqualTo(ArgsHelper.evaluateFilePath(testApkPath))
+        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected)
     }
 
     @Test(expected = java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException::class)