diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
index 8a183719c..53ab1e2f7 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class CakeTestCase extends UnitTestCase {
 			if (strpos($fixture, 'core.') === 0) {
 				$fixture = substr($fixture, strlen('core.'));
 				foreach (Configure::corePaths('cake') as $key => $path) {
-					$fixturePaths[] = $path . DS . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures';
+					$fixturePaths[] = $path . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures';
 				}
 			} elseif (strpos($fixture, 'app.') === 0) {
 				$fixture = substr($fixture, strlen('app.'));