diff --git a/tests/network/fetchlocal.c b/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
index 67e1fac95..1996a7078 100644
--- a/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
+++ b/tests/network/fetchlocal.c
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune(void)
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_create(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN, url));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_update_tips(origin, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_list(&refnames, repo));
 	cl_assert_equal_i(19, (int)refnames.count);
@@ -125,34 +123,27 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune_overlapping(void)
 
 	git_repository *remote_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("testrepo.git");
 	const char *url = cl_git_path_url(git_repository_path(remote_repo));
+
 	git_remote_callbacks callbacks = GIT_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_INIT;
+	callbacks.transfer_progress = transfer_cb;
+	callbacks.payload = &callcount;
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&obj, remote_repo, "master"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_create(&ref, remote_repo, "refs/pull/42/head", git_object_id(obj), 1, NULL, NULL));
-	git_object_free(obj);
-
-	callbacks.transfer_progress = transfer_cb;
-	callbacks.payload = &callcount;
 
 	cl_set_cleanup(&cleanup_local_repo, "foo");
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_init(&repo, "foo", true));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_create(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN, url));
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_update_tips(origin, NULL, NULL));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_config(&config, repo));
 	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_lookup(&origin, repo, GIT_REMOTE_ORIGIN));
+	git_remote_set_prune_refs(origin, 1);
 	git_remote_set_callbacks(origin, &callbacks);
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(origin, GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(origin, NULL));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_prune(origin));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_update_tips(origin, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&obj, repo, "origin/master"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&obj, repo, "origin/pr/42"));
@@ -165,10 +156,7 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune_overlapping(void)
 
 	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));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_prune(origin));
-	cl_git_pass(git_remote_update_tips(origin, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&obj, repo, "origin/master"));
 	cl_git_pass(git_revparse_single(&obj, repo, "origin/pr/42"));
@@ -176,6 +164,13 @@ void test_network_fetchlocal__prune_overlapping(void)
 	cl_assert_equal_i(20, (int)refnames.count);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_reference_delete(ref));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_delete_multivar(config, "remote.origin.fetch", "refs"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_config_set_multivar(config, "remote.origin.fetch", "^$", "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"));
+
+	git_object_free(obj);
+	git_config_free(config);
+	git_strarray_free(&refnames);
+	git_remote_free(origin);
 	git_repository_free(remote_repo);
 	git_repository_free(repo);
 }