diff --git a/tests/test_mpsd_software.py b/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
index 2540608b1e479c3d309a1cbf5a2b9abdb179e67b..b03a2e5f70df92861d1db7627ddf757d56de4370 100644
--- a/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
+++ b/tests/test_mpsd_software.py
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ def create_fake_environment(tmp_path, mpsd_release, expected_toolchain_map=None)
         spack_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         logs_folder = tmp_path / mpsd_release / "logs"
         logs_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        (logs_folder / "test.log").touch()
+        (logs_folder / "APEX.log").touch()
         for toolchain in expected_toolchain_map[microarch]:
             toolchain_lua_file = toolchain_lmod_folder / f"{toolchain}.lua"
             toolchain_lua_file.touch()
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ def test_remove_environment(tmp_path, mocker):
     # check that the release directory is empty
     assert len(list(release_dir.iterdir())) == 0
     # check that the logs directory is non-empty
-    assert len(list(logs_dir.iterdir())) == 1
+    assert len(list(logs_dir.iterdir())) == 2  # APEX + remove_build_log
 
     # Test case3  - remove specific package_sets
     # defined in test_remove_package_sets