diff --git a/test/common/index.mjs b/test/common/index.mjs
index 5fa3c56035e444..b252f2dc4aac5e 100644
--- a/test/common/index.mjs
+++ b/test/common/index.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const {
   isDumbTerminal,
   isFreeBSD,
   isIBMi,
-  isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars,
+  isInsideDirWithUnusualChars,
   isLinux,
   isLinuxPPCBE,
   isMainThread,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export {
   isDumbTerminal,
   isFreeBSD,
   isIBMi,
-  isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars,
+  isInsideDirWithUnusualChars,
   isLinux,
   isLinuxPPCBE,
   isMainThread,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs b/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
index d49dc66efc3870..f384cb9e3c4482 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ if (!isWindows && !isInsideDirWithUnusualChars) {
 }
 
 // It returns an error if attempt is made to copy socket.
-if (!isWindows && !isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars) {
+if (!isWindows && !isInsideDirWithUnusualChars) {
   const src = nextdir();
   mkdirSync(src);
   const dest = nextdir();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-inspector-strip-types.js b/test/parallel/test-inspector-strip-types.js
index 8c40f06abc9198..ff6313a6eb2b21 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-inspector-strip-types.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-inspector-strip-types.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async function runTest() {
     return notification.params.url === scriptPath || notification.params.url === scriptURL.href;
   });
   // Verify that the script has a sourceURL, hinting that it is a generated source.
-  assert(scriptParsed.params.hasSourceURL || common.isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars);
+  assert(scriptParsed.params.hasSourceURL || common.isInsideDirWithUnusualChars);
 
   await session.waitForPauseOnStart();
   await session.runToCompletion();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.js b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.js
index d2e2339e77bd6d..6cb9c50a521f1d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-if (common.isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars) {
+if (common.isInsideDirWithUnusualChars) {
   common.skip('expected failure');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
index 85cbaf0d2a21f2..1771bfd6530369 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import common from '../common/index.js';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 
-if (!common.isInsideCWDWithUnusualChars) {
+if (!common.isInsideDirWithUnusualChars) {
   assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$_, '');
   assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$0, undefined);
   assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$1, '');