diff --git a/command/issue_test.go b/command/issue_test.go
index 1415386ba..cddab4efa 100644
--- a/command/issue_test.go
+++ b/command/issue_test.go
@@ -693,9 +693,7 @@ func TestIssueClose(t *testing.T) {
 	} } }
 	`))
 
-	jsonFile, _ := os.Open("../test/fixtures/issueClose.json")
-	defer jsonFile.Close()
-	http.StubResponse(200, jsonFile)
+	http.StubResponse(200, bytes.NewBufferString(`{"id": "THE-ID"}`))
 
 	output, err := RunCommand(issueCloseCmd, "issue close 13")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/issueClose.json b/test/fixtures/issueClose.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 047f1a6a8..000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/issueClose.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ "id": "hi" }