diff --git a/tests/unit/browser/webkit/test_cache.py b/tests/unit/browser/webkit/test_cache.py
index c273b7a71..d2ab3da61 100644
--- a/tests/unit/browser/webkit/test_cache.py
+++ b/tests/unit/browser/webkit/test_cache.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
     reason="QNetworkDiskCache is broken on Qt 5.7.1 and 5.8")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def disk_cache(tmpdir, config_stub):
+    return cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
+
+
 def preload_cache(cache, url='http://www.example.com/', content=b'foobar'):
     metadata = QNetworkCacheMetaData()
     metadata.setUrl(QUrl(url))
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ def test_cache_size_leq_max_cache_size(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() < limit + 100
 
 
-def test_cache_existing_metadata_file(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_existing_metadata_file(tmpdir, disk_cache):
     """Test querying existing meta data file from activated cache."""
     url = 'http://qutebrowser.org'
     content = b'foobar'
@@ -78,7 +83,6 @@ def test_cache_existing_metadata_file(config_stub, tmpdir):
     metadata.setUrl(QUrl(url))
     assert metadata.isValid()
 
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     device = disk_cache.prepare(metadata)
     assert device is not None
     device.write(content)
@@ -90,26 +94,23 @@ def test_cache_existing_metadata_file(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.fileMetaData(str(files[0])) == metadata
 
 
-def test_cache_nonexistent_metadata_file(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_nonexistent_metadata_file(disk_cache):
     """Test querying nonexistent meta data file from activated cache."""
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     cache_file = disk_cache.fileMetaData("nosuchfile")
     assert not cache_file.isValid()
 
 
-def test_cache_get_nonexistent_data(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_get_nonexistent_data(disk_cache):
     """Test querying some data that was never inserted."""
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     preload_cache(disk_cache, 'https://qutebrowser.org')
 
     assert disk_cache.data(QUrl('http://qutebrowser.org')) is None
 
 
-def test_cache_insert_data(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_insert_data(disk_cache):
     """Test if entries inserted into the cache are actually there."""
     url = 'http://qutebrowser.org'
     content = b'foobar'
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() == 0
 
     preload_cache(disk_cache, url, content)
@@ -118,10 +119,9 @@ def test_cache_insert_data(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.data(QUrl(url)).readAll() == content
 
 
-def test_cache_remove_data(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_remove_data(disk_cache):
     """Test if a previously inserted entry can be removed from the cache."""
     url = 'http://qutebrowser.org'
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     preload_cache(disk_cache, url)
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() > 0
 
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ def test_cache_remove_data(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() == 0
 
 
-def test_cache_clear_activated(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_clear_activated(disk_cache):
     """Test if cache is empty after clearing it."""
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() == 0
 
     preload_cache(disk_cache)
@@ -141,13 +140,12 @@ def test_cache_clear_activated(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() == 0
 
 
-def test_cache_metadata(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_metadata(disk_cache):
     """Ensure that DiskCache.metaData() returns exactly what was inserted."""
     url = 'http://qutebrowser.org'
     metadata = QNetworkCacheMetaData()
     metadata.setUrl(QUrl(url))
     assert metadata.isValid()
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     device = disk_cache.prepare(metadata)
     device.write(b'foobar')
     disk_cache.insert(device)
@@ -155,10 +153,9 @@ def test_cache_metadata(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.metaData(QUrl(url)) == metadata
 
 
-def test_cache_update_metadata(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_update_metadata(disk_cache):
     """Test updating the meta data for an existing cache entry."""
     url = 'http://qutebrowser.org'
-    disk_cache = cache.DiskCache(str(tmpdir))
     preload_cache(disk_cache, url, b'foo')
     assert disk_cache.cacheSize() > 0
 
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ def test_cache_update_metadata(config_stub, tmpdir):
     assert disk_cache.metaData(QUrl(url)) == metadata
 
 
-def test_cache_full(config_stub, tmpdir):
+def test_cache_full(tmpdir):
     """Do a sanity test involving everything."""
     disk_cache = QNetworkDiskCache()
     disk_cache.setCacheDirectory(str(tmpdir))