diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_complex.py b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_complex.py
index 80e7664d1969e..e92e2164f36ff 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_complex.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/pytables/test_complex.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
     DataFrame,
+    HDFStore,
     Series,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
-from pandas.tests.io.pytables.common import ensure_clean_store
 
 from pandas.io.pytables import read_hdf
 
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ def test_complex_mixed_table(tmp_path, setup_path):
         index=list("abcd"),
     )
 
-    with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
+    path = tmp_path / setup_path
+    with HDFStore(path) as store:
         store.append("df", df, data_columns=["A", "B"])
         result = store.select("df", where="A>2")
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df.loc[df.A > 2], result)
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ def test_complex_across_dimensions(tmp_path, setup_path):
     tm.assert_frame_equal(df, reread)
 
 
-def test_complex_indexing_error(setup_path):
+def test_complex_indexing_error(tmp_path, setup_path):
     complex128 = np.array(
         [1.0 + 1.0j, 1.0 + 1.0j, 1.0 + 1.0j, 1.0 + 1.0j], dtype=np.complex128
     )
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ def test_complex_indexing_error(setup_path):
         "values to data_columns when initializing the table."
     )
 
-    with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
+    path = tmp_path / setup_path
+    with HDFStore(path) as store:
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             store.append("df", df, data_columns=["C"])
 
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ def test_complex_series_error(tmp_path, setup_path):
     tm.assert_series_equal(s, reread)
 
 
-def test_complex_append(setup_path):
+def test_complex_append(tmp_path, setup_path):
     df = DataFrame(
         {
             "a": np.random.default_rng(2).standard_normal(100).astype(np.complex128),
@@ -191,7 +193,8 @@ def test_complex_append(setup_path):
         }
     )
 
-    with ensure_clean_store(setup_path) as store:
+    path = tmp_path / setup_path
+    with HDFStore(path) as store:
         store.append("df", df, data_columns=["b"])
         store.append("df", df)
         result = store.select("df")