diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
index dedaaa9b3745..78d00712a544 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
@@ -56,9 +55,7 @@
  * Provides some very generic helpers which might be used across the tests.
  */
 public abstract class GenericTestUtils {
-  public static final String SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR = "test.build.data";
-  public static final String DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_DIR;
-  public static final String DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH = "target/test/data/";
+
   /**
    * Error string used in
    * {@link GenericTestUtils#waitFor(BooleanSupplier, int, int)}.
@@ -68,16 +65,8 @@ public abstract class GenericTestUtils {
   public static final String ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT =
       "Total wait time should be greater than check interval time";
 
-  public static final boolean WINDOWS =
-      System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
-
   private static final long NANOSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND = 1_000_000;
 
-  static {
-    DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_DIR =
-        "target" + File.separator + "test" + File.separator + "data";
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return current time in millis as an {@code Instant}.  This may be
    * before {@link Instant#now()}, since the latter includes nanoseconds, too.
@@ -90,31 +79,6 @@ public static Instant getTestStartTime() {
     return Instant.ofEpochMilli(System.currentTimeMillis());
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get a temp path. This may or may not be relative; it depends on what the
-   * {@link #SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR} is set to. If unset, it returns a path
-   * under the relative path {@link #DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH}
-   *
-   * @param subpath sub path, with no leading "/" character
-   * @return a string to use in paths
-   *
-   * @deprecated use {@link org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static String getTempPath(String subpath) {
-    String prop = WINDOWS ? DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH
-        : System.getProperty(SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR, DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH);
-
-    if (prop.isEmpty()) {
-      // corner case: property is there but empty
-      prop = DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH;
-    }
-    if (!prop.endsWith("/")) {
-      prop = prop + "/";
-    }
-    return prop + subpath;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Wait for the specified test to return true. The test will be performed
    * initially and then every {@code checkEveryMillis} until at least
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestMiniOzoneCluster.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestMiniOzoneCluster.java
index 6e26a3ae7ac6..de53b851eb4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestMiniOzoneCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestMiniOzoneCluster.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.statemachine.DatanodeStateMachine;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.statemachine.EndpointStateMachine;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.common.volume.StorageVolume;
-import org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ public void testMultipleDataDirs() throws Exception {
         + "-" + cluster.getClusterId();
     assertEquals(name, cluster.getName());
 
-    final String baseDir = GenericTestUtils.getTempPath(name);
+    final String baseDir = MiniOzoneCluster.Builder.getTempPath(name);
     assertEquals(baseDir, cluster.getBaseDir());
 
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java b/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
index 9fa8b799593c..6c1a70923917 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/MiniOzoneCluster.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OzoneManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.recon.ReconServer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client.AuthenticationException;
-import org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.ExitUtils;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.function.CheckedFunction;
 
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ default String getName() {
   }
 
   default String getBaseDir() {
-    return GenericTestUtils.getTempPath(getName());
+    return Builder.getTempPath(getName());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -263,6 +262,10 @@ abstract class Builder {
     protected static final int ACTIVE_SCMS_NOT_SET = -1;
     protected static final int DEFAULT_RATIS_RPC_TIMEOUT_SEC = 1;
 
+    private static final String SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR = "test.build.data";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH = "target/test/data/";
+    private static final boolean WINDOWS = System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
+
     protected OzoneConfiguration conf;
     protected String path;
 
@@ -296,6 +299,28 @@ protected void prepareForNextBuild() {
       setClusterId();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a temp path. This may or may not be relative; it depends on what the
+     * {@link #SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR} is set to. If unset, it returns a path
+     * under the relative path {@link #DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH}
+     *
+     * @param subpath sub path, with no leading "/" character
+     * @return a string to use in paths
+     */
+    protected static String getTempPath(String subpath) {
+      String prop = WINDOWS ? DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH
+          : System.getProperty(SYSPROP_TEST_DATA_DIR, DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH);
+
+      if (prop.isEmpty()) {
+        // corner case: property is there but empty
+        prop = DEFAULT_TEST_DATA_PATH;
+      }
+      if (!prop.endsWith("/")) {
+        prop = prop + "/";
+      }
+      return prop + subpath;
+    }
+
     public Builder setSCMConfigurator(SCMConfigurator configurator) {
       this.scmConfigurator = configurator;
       return this;
@@ -303,7 +328,7 @@ public Builder setSCMConfigurator(SCMConfigurator configurator) {
 
     private void setClusterId() {
       clusterId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-      path = GenericTestUtils.getTempPath(
+      path = getTempPath(
           MiniOzoneClusterImpl.class.getSimpleName() + "-" + clusterId);
     }