diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e42bcd17bc..e2f78cb8f2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,7 +59,4 @@ yarn.lock
 default.profraw
 **errorutil_analyze_errors.json
 **errorutil_analyze_summary.json
-**errorutil_errors_export.json
-
-# Temporary test files
-/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/fixtures/.meshery/
\ No newline at end of file
+**errorutil_errors_export.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mesheryctl/internal/cli/root/system/channel_test.go b/mesheryctl/internal/cli/root/system/channel_test.go
index 7aa848b1698..4d6df35e171 100644
--- a/mesheryctl/internal/cli/root/system/channel_test.go
+++ b/mesheryctl/internal/cli/root/system/channel_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func SetupContextEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("unable to locate meshery directory")
 	}
 	viper.Reset()
-	viper.SetConfigFile(path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/fixtures/TestConfig.yaml")
+	viper.SetConfigFile(path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml")
 	//fmt.Println(viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	err = viper.ReadInConfig()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb8f8858a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+contexts:
+  gke:
+    adapters:
+    - meshery-istio
+    channel: stable
+    endpoint: http://localhost:9081
+    platform: gke
+    token: Default
+    version: v0.4.2
+  local:
+    endpoint: http://localhost:9081
+    token: Default
+    platform: docker
+    adapters:
+    - meshery-istio
+    channel: stable
+    version: v0.5.10
+current-context: local
+tokens:
+- location: auth.json
+  name: Default
diff --git a/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/platform_test.go b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/platform_test.go
index 0ab3c99b32b..d88cb44de4c 100644
--- a/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/platform_test.go
+++ b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/platform_test.go
@@ -2,35 +2,31 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshery/mesheryctl/internal/cli/root/config"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshery/mesheryctl/pkg/constants"
-	meshkitkube "github.com/layer5io/meshkit/utils/kubernetes"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	// Get current directory
-	_, filename, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
-	if !ok {
-		log.Fatal("Not able to get current working directory")
+
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to get users home directory")
 	}
 
-	basePath := filepath.Dir(filename)
-	SetFileLocationTesting(basePath)
+	SetFileLocationTesting(home)
 
 	// Create required directories for testing, if not already existing
 	manifestsFolder := filepath.Join(MesheryFolder, "manifests")
 
-	err := os.MkdirAll(manifestsFolder, os.ModePerm)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(manifestsFolder, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Failed to create test directory")
 	}
@@ -260,48 +256,6 @@ func TestGetManifestURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGetPods(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name      string
-		namespace string
-		wantErr   bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:      "GetPods() with MesheryNamespace",
-			namespace: MesheryNamespace,
-			wantErr:   false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// create an kubernetes client
-			client, err := meshkitkube.New([]byte(""))
-
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("Error in creating kubernetes client in GetPods() test")
-			}
-
-			// List the pods in the MesheryNamespace
-			got, err := GetPods(client, tt.namespace)
-
-			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
-				t.Fatalf("GetPods() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
-			}
-
-			// check return type
-			if fmt.Sprintf("%T", got) != "*v1.PodList" {
-				t.Errorf("GetPods() error: want type = *v1.PodList, got type %T", got)
-			}
-
-			// check non nil
-			if got == nil {
-				t.Fatalf("GetPods() error: got nil PodList")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestIsPodRequired(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		requiredPods []string
diff --git a/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/testing.go b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/testing.go
index a847f99bfa4..cb4e4b702a7 100644
--- a/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/testing.go
+++ b/mesheryctl/pkg/utils/testing.go
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ func (tf *GoldenFile) WriteInByte(content []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-// use default context /pkg/utils/fixtures/TestConfig.yaml
+// use default context /pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml
 func SetupContextEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	path, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("unable to locate meshery directory")
 	}
 	viper.Reset()
-	viper.SetConfigFile(path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/fixtures/TestConfig.yaml")
-	DefaultConfigPath = path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/fixtures/TestConfig.yaml"
+	viper.SetConfigFile(path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml")
+	DefaultConfigPath = path + "/../../../../pkg/utils/TestConfig.yaml"
 	//fmt.Println(viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 	err = viper.ReadInConfig()
 	if err != nil {