diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 03273c69bc7a15888152fbb65bfe22244e6c31d8..37f8aa96f5b06e8aabed583ebdeb812362ee2088 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -14393,7 +14393,7 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(test_voicemail_vmsayname)
 				ast_log(AST_LOG_WARNING, "Failed to make test directory\n");
 				goto exit_vmsayname_test;
 			}
-			snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/sounds/beep.gsm", ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR);
+			snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "%s/sounds/beep.gsm", ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR);
 			snprintf(dir2, sizeof(dir2), "%s%s/%s/greet.gsm", VM_SPOOL_DIR, TEST_CONTEXT, TEST_EXTENSION);
 			/* we're not going to hear the sound anyway, just use a valid gsm audio file */
 			if ((res = symlink(dir, dir2))) {
@@ -14639,8 +14639,8 @@ AST_TEST_DEFINE(test_voicemail_notify_endl)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(attach, sizeof(attach), "%s/sounds/en/tt-weasels", ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR);
-	snprintf(attach2, sizeof(attach2), "%s/sounds/en/tt-somethingwrong", ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR);
+	snprintf(attach, sizeof(attach), "%s/sounds/en/tt-weasels", ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR);
+	snprintf(attach2, sizeof(attach2), "%s/sounds/en/tt-somethingwrong", ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR);
 
 	if (!(vmu = find_user(&vmus, testcontext, testmailbox)) &&
 		!(vmu = find_or_create(testcontext, testmailbox))) {
diff --git a/tests/test_voicemail_api.c b/tests/test_voicemail_api.c
index 9cadf2394ed06aa95f874c2c49e62d8fa5d5060f..77b538ef8597c21da0044f02561659e6a3b3a079 100644
--- a/tests/test_voicemail_api.c
+++ b/tests/test_voicemail_api.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int test_vm_api_create_voicemail_files(const char *context, const char *m
 		folder_path, snapshot->msg_number);
 	snprintf(snd_path, sizeof(snd_path), "%s/msg%04u.gsm",
 		folder_path, snapshot->msg_number);
-	snprintf(beep_path, sizeof(beep_path), "%s/sounds/en/beep.gsm", ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR);
+	snprintf(beep_path, sizeof(beep_path), "%s/sounds/en/beep.gsm", ast_config_AST_DATA_DIR);
 
 	if (test_vm_api_create_voicemail_folder(folder_path)) {
 		return 1;