diff --git a/tests/network/fetchlocal.c b/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
index 0e0d07b20..6f26ddad1 100644
--- a/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
+++ b/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_delete(ref));
 	git_reference_free(ref);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_delete(ref));
 	git_reference_free(ref);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune_overlapping(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(config, "remote.origin.fetch", "^$", "refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*"));
 	git_config_free(config);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune_overlapping(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(config, "remote.origin.fetch", "^$", "refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(config, "remote.origin.fetch", "^$", "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"));
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__fetchprune(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_delete(ref));
 	git_reference_free(ref);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	git_remote_set_prune_refs(origin, 1);
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL));
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__fetchprune(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_config(&config, repo));
 	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_bool(config, "remote.origin.prune", 1));
 	git_config_free(config);
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
 	cl_assert_equal_i(1, git_remote_prune_refs(origin));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL));