diff --git a/testsuite/config/base-config.exp b/testsuite/config/base-config.exp
index 6f2206ac5..7ccc204e0 100644
--- a/testsuite/config/base-config.exp
+++ b/testsuite/config/base-config.exp
@@ -1390,10 +1390,12 @@ proc is_quick_mode {} {
         $::env(QUICKTEST)]}]
 }
 
-# if quick test mode is running stop processing of current test file
-proc skip_if_quick_mode {} {
+# if quick test mode is running stop processing of current test file after
+# removing given fixture paths
+proc skip_if_quick_mode {args} {
     if {[is_quick_mode]} {
         send_user "\tSkipping tests as quick test mode is enabled\n"
+        file delete -force {*}$args
         reset_test_env
         return -code 0 -level 2 0
     }
diff --git a/testsuite/modules.20-locate/180-modulepath-ignore.exp b/testsuite/modules.20-locate/180-modulepath-ignore.exp
index 64f940535..aacf3eecb 100644
--- a/testsuite/modules.20-locate/180-modulepath-ignore.exp
+++ b/testsuite/modules.20-locate/180-modulepath-ignore.exp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ unsetenv_var MODULES_MODULEPATH_IGNORE
 # execution
 testouterr_cmd sh {--no-modulepath-ignore avail -a -t -o } OK $tserr
 
-skip_if_quick_mode
+skip_if_quick_mode $mp1
 
 # ignore all accept some idiom with negated patterns
 file mkdir $mp2/app
diff --git a/testsuite/modules.30-cache/060-cachebuild-ignore.exp b/testsuite/modules.30-cache/060-cachebuild-ignore.exp
index 440e7b71b..e1eed0abc 100644
--- a/testsuite/modules.30-cache/060-cachebuild-ignore.exp
+++ b/testsuite/modules.30-cache/060-cachebuild-ignore.exp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ testouterr_cmd sh {--no-modulepath-ignore --ignore-cache is-avail bar/2.0}\
 
 file delete $mp1cache
 
-skip_if_quick_mode
+skip_if_quick_mode $mp1
 
 # every element is recorded in cache when modulepath_ignore is disabled
 setenv_var MODULES_MODULEPATH_IGNORE 0