diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/__fixtures__/pom.relocation.xml b/lib/modules/datasource/maven/__fixtures__/pom.relocation.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d704d6024367cc..000000000000000
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/__fixtures__/pom.relocation.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-
-<!--
-  License
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.example</groupId>
-  <artifactId>package</artifactId>
-  <name>Generic Package</name>
-  <description>Generic Maven Package</description>
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <relocation>
-      <groupId>io.example</groupId>
-    </relocation>
-  </distributionManagement>
-</project>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.spec.ts
index 92ac5832718b6b9..47dc14250e11826 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.spec.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,14 @@ describe('modules/datasource/maven/index', () => {
 
   describe('supports relocation', () => {
     it('with only groupId present', async () => {
-      const pom = Fixtures.get('pom.relocation.xml');
+      const pom = `
+<project>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <relocation>
+      <groupId>io.example</groupId>
+    </relocation>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>`;
       mockGenericPackage({ pom, html: null });
 
       const res = await get();
@@ -366,10 +373,14 @@ describe('modules/datasource/maven/index', () => {
     });
 
     it('with only artifactId present', async () => {
-      const pom = Fixtures.get('pom.relocation.xml').replace(
-        '<groupId>io.example</groupId>',
-        '<artifactId>foo</artifactId>',
-      );
+      const pom = `
+<project>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <relocation>
+      <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
+    </relocation>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>`;
       mockGenericPackage({ pom, html: null });
 
       const res = await get();
@@ -380,13 +391,17 @@ describe('modules/datasource/maven/index', () => {
     });
 
     it('with all elments present', async () => {
-      const pom = Fixtures.get('pom.relocation.xml').replace(
-        '<groupId>io.example</groupId>',
-        `<groupId>io.example</groupId>
+      const pom = `
+<project>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <relocation>
+      <groupId>io.example</groupId>
       <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.3</version>
-      <message>test relocation</message>`,
-      );
+      <message>test relocation</message>
+    </relocation>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>`;
       mockGenericPackage({ pom, html: null });
 
       const res = await get();