diff --git a/src/content-linter/tests/site-data-references.js b/src/content-linter/tests/site-data-references.js
index c7bec943d5..1f9e5be267 100644
--- a/src/content-linter/tests/site-data-references.js
+++ b/src/content-linter/tests/site-data-references.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import path from 'path'
 import { isEqual, uniqWith } from 'lodash-es'
 import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
@@ -9,9 +8,7 @@ import patterns from '../../../lib/patterns.js'
 import frontmatter from '../../../lib/read-frontmatter.js'
 import { getDataByLanguage, getDeepDataByLanguage } from '../../../lib/get-data.js'
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
-
-const pages = (await loadPages()).filter((page) => page.languageCode === 'en')
+const pages = await loadPages()
 
 // Given syntax like {% data foo.bar %} or {% indented_data_reference foo.bar spaces=3 %},
 // the following regex returns just the dotted path: foo.bar
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ describe('data references', () => {
     await Promise.all(
       pages.map(async (page) => {
         const metadataFile = path.join('content', page.relativePath)
-        const fileContents = await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../..', metadataFile))
+        const fileContents = await fs.readFile(page.fullPath)
         const { data: metadata } = frontmatter(fileContents, { filepath: page.fullPath })
         const metadataRefs = getDataReferences(JSON.stringify(metadata))
         metadataRefs.forEach((key) => {
@@ -77,18 +74,17 @@ describe('data references', () => {
 
     await Promise.all(
       reusables.map(async (reusablesPerFile) => {
-        let reusableFile = path.join(
-          __dirname,
-          '../../../data/reusables/',
-          getFilenameByValue(allReusables, reusablesPerFile)
-        )
-        reusableFile = await getFilepath(reusableFile)
-
         const reusableRefs = getDataReferences(JSON.stringify(reusablesPerFile))
 
         reusableRefs.forEach((key) => {
           const value = getDataByLanguage(key, 'en')
-          if (typeof value !== 'string') errors.push({ key, value, reusableFile })
+          if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+            const reusableFile = path.join(
+              'data/reusables',
+              getFilenameByValue(allReusables, reusablesPerFile)
+            )
+            errors.push({ key, value, reusableFile })
+          }
         })
       })
     )
@@ -105,18 +101,17 @@ describe('data references', () => {
 
     await Promise.all(
       variables.map(async (variablesPerFile) => {
-        let variableFile = path.join(
-          __dirname,
-          '../../../data/variables/',
-          getFilenameByValue(allVariables, variablesPerFile)
-        )
-        variableFile = await getFilepath(variableFile)
-
         const variableRefs = getDataReferences(JSON.stringify(variablesPerFile))
 
         variableRefs.forEach((key) => {
           const value = getDataByLanguage(key, 'en')
-          if (typeof value !== 'string') errors.push({ key, value, variableFile })
+          if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+            const variableFile = path.join(
+              'data/variables',
+              getFilenameByValue(allVariables, variablesPerFile)
+            )
+            errors.push({ key, value, variableFile })
+          }
         })
       })
     )
@@ -129,16 +124,3 @@ describe('data references', () => {
 function getFilenameByValue(object, value) {
   return Object.keys(object).find((key) => object[key] === value)
 }
-
-// if path exists, assume it's a directory; otherwise, assume a YML extension
-async function getFilepath(filepath) {
-  try {
-    await fs.stat(filepath)
-    filepath = filepath + '/'
-  } catch (_) {
-    filepath = filepath + '.yml'
-  }
-
-  // we only need the relative path
-  return filepath.replace(path.join(__dirname, '../../../'), '')
-}