diff --git a/imap_processing/tests/conftest.py b/imap_processing/tests/conftest.py
index c1decb21f..b9adc63e3 100644
--- a/imap_processing/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/imap_processing/tests/conftest.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _autoclear_spice():
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def spice_test_data_path(imap_tests_path):
-    return imap_module_directory.parent / "tools/tests/test_data/spice"
+    return imap_tests_path / "spice/test_data"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def furnish_sclk(spice_test_data_path):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def use_test_metakernel(tmpdir_factory, monkeypatch, spice_test_data_path):
+def use_test_metakernel(monkeypatch, spice_test_data_path):
     """For the whole test session, set the SPICE_METAKERNEL environment variable
     Prime the test metakernel by creating it from the template metakernel
     (allows using absolute paths on any dev system)"""
@@ -119,10 +119,9 @@ def get_test_kernels_to_load():
                         kernel = kernel[stop_idx:]
         return kernels_to_load
 
-    metakernel_path = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("spice")
-    metakernel = metakernel_path.join("imap_2024_v001.tm")
+    metakernel_path = imap_data_access.config["DATA_DIR"] / "imap_2024_v001.tm"
     kernels_to_load = get_test_kernels_to_load()
-    make_metakernel_from_kernels(metakernel, kernels_to_load)
-    monkeypatch.setenv("SPICE_METAKERNEL", str(metakernel))
-    yield str(metakernel)
+    make_metakernel_from_kernels(metakernel_path, kernels_to_load)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SPICE_METAKERNEL", str(metakernel_path))
+    yield str(metakernel_path)
     spice.kclear()
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_data/spice/imap_sclk_0000.tsc b/imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/imap_sclk_0000.tsc
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tests/test_data/spice/imap_sclk_0000.tsc
rename to imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/imap_sclk_0000.tsc
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_data/spice/imap_test_metakernel.template b/imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/imap_test_metakernel.template
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tests/test_data/spice/imap_test_metakernel.template
rename to imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/imap_test_metakernel.template
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_data/spice/naif0012.tls b/imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/naif0012.tls
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tests/test_data/spice/naif0012.tls
rename to imap_processing/tests/spice/test_data/naif0012.tls
diff --git a/tools/tests/unit/test_spice_examples.py b/tools/tests/unit/test_spice_examples.py
index d998a3008..d47a607cd 100644
--- a/tools/tests/unit/test_spice_examples.py
+++ b/tools/tests/unit/test_spice_examples.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pytest
 import spiceypy as spice
 
+from imap_processing import imap_module_directory
 from tools.spice.spice_examples import (
     _get_particle_velocity,
     build_annotated_events,
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ def kernels(kernel_directory):
     kernels = list_files_with_extensions(
         kernel_directory, [".tsc", ".tls", ".tf", ".bsp", ".ck"]
     )
+    # Some kernels were moved into imap_processing package
+    kernels.extend(
+        list_files_with_extensions(
+            imap_module_directory / "tests/spice/test_data", [".tsc", ".tls"]
+        )
+    )
     return kernels