diff --git a/tests/functional/test_download.py b/tests/functional/test_download.py
index a0ac7f353d6..1a20870c087 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_download.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_download.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os.path
+import shutil
 import textwrap
 
 import pytest
@@ -8,9 +9,10 @@
 
 
 def fake_wheel(data, wheel_path):
-    data.packages.joinpath(
-        'simple.dist-0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl'
-    ).copy(data.packages.joinpath(wheel_path))
+    shutil.copy(
+        data.packages.joinpath('simple.dist-0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl'),
+        data.packages.joinpath(wheel_path),
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.network
diff --git a/tests/lib/path.py b/tests/lib/path.py
index 25785a62ba4..42e89079bab 100644
--- a/tests/lib/path.py
+++ b/tests/lib/path.py
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ def rmdir(self):
         """
         return os.rmdir(self)
 
-    def copy(self, to):
-        return shutil.copy(self, to)
-
     def copytree(self, to):
         """
         Copies a directory tree to another path.