diff --git a/test/boost/sstable_directory_test.cc b/test/boost/sstable_directory_test.cc
index 3754f66e4e..1e83eff74c 100644
--- a/test/boost/sstable_directory_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/sstable_directory_test.cc
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(sstable_directory_unshared_sstables_sanity_matched_gene
             }).get();
         }
 
-        with_sstable_directory(dir.path(), sstables::sstable_state::normal, env, [] (sharded<sstables::sstable_directory>& sstdir) {
+        with_sstable_directory(env, [] (sharded<sstables::sstable_directory>& sstdir) {
             distributed_loader_for_tests::process_sstable_dir(sstdir, { .throw_on_missing_toc = true }).get();
             verify_that_all_sstables_are_local(sstdir, smp::count).get();
         });
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(sstable_directory_unshared_sstables_sanity_unmatched_ge
             }).get();
         }
 
-        with_sstable_directory(dir.path(), sstables::sstable_state::normal, env, [] (sharded<sstables::sstable_directory>& sstdir) {
+        with_sstable_directory(env, [] (sharded<sstables::sstable_directory>& sstdir) {
             distributed_loader_for_tests::process_sstable_dir(sstdir, { .throw_on_missing_toc = true }).get();
             verify_that_all_sstables_are_local(sstdir, smp::count).get();
         });