diff --git a/samples/snippets/transcribe_async_test.py b/samples/snippets/transcribe_async_test.py
index 6142d43d..7d66747e 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/transcribe_async_test.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/transcribe_async_test.py
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import re
 
 import transcribe_async
 
+RESOURCES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources')
 
-def test_transcribe(resource, capsys):
-    transcribe_async.transcribe_file(resource('audio.raw'))
+
+def test_transcribe(capsys):
+    transcribe_async.transcribe_file(
+        os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'audio.raw'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
 
     assert re.search(r'how old is the Brooklyn Bridge', out, re.DOTALL | re.I)
 
 
-def test_transcribe_gcs(resource, capsys):
+def test_transcribe_gcs(capsys):
     transcribe_async.transcribe_gcs(
         'gs://python-docs-samples-tests/speech/audio.flac')
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
diff --git a/samples/snippets/transcribe_streaming_test.py b/samples/snippets/transcribe_streaming_test.py
index bd3f5cb5..2b3ca8ee 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/transcribe_streaming_test.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/transcribe_streaming_test.py
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import re
 
 import transcribe_streaming
 
+RESOURCES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources')
 
-def test_transcribe_streaming(resource, capsys):
-    transcribe_streaming.transcribe_streaming(resource('audio.raw'))
+
+def test_transcribe_streaming(capsys):
+    transcribe_streaming.transcribe_streaming(
+        os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'audio.raw'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
 
     assert re.search(r'how old is the Brooklyn Bridge', out, re.DOTALL | re.I)
diff --git a/samples/snippets/transcribe_test.py b/samples/snippets/transcribe_test.py
index 5940fc7f..d1e9f633 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/transcribe_test.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/transcribe_test.py
@@ -11,19 +11,22 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import re
 
 import transcribe
 
+RESOURCES = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources')
 
-def test_transcribe_file(resource, capsys):
-    transcribe.transcribe_file(resource('audio.raw'))
+
+def test_transcribe_file(capsys):
+    transcribe.transcribe_file(os.path.join(RESOURCES, 'audio.raw'))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
 
     assert re.search(r'how old is the Brooklyn Bridge', out, re.DOTALL | re.I)
 
 
-def test_transcribe_gcs(resource, capsys):
+def test_transcribe_gcs(capsys):
     transcribe.transcribe_gcs(
         'gs://python-docs-samples-tests/speech/audio.flac')
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()