diff --git a/tests/integration/test_charm.py b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
index 007f4b037..19817bbad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
@@ -319,11 +319,11 @@ def juju_reports_one_primary(unit_messages):
 async def test_audit_log(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
     """Test that audit log was created and contains actual audit data."""
     leader_unit = await find_unit(ops_test, leader=True)
-    TMP_SERVICE_PATH = "tests/integration//audit.json.tmp"
-    AUDIT_LOG_SNAP_PATH = "/var/snap/charmed-mongodb/common/var/lib/mongodb/audit.json"
-    await leader_unit.scp_from(source=AUDIT_LOG_SNAP_PATH, destination=TMP_SERVICE_PATH)
-    with open(TMP_SERVICE_PATH, "r") as mongodb_service_file:
+    tmp_service_path = "tests/integration//audit.json.tmp"
+    audit_log_snap_path = "/var/snap/charmed-mongodb/common/var/lib/mongodb/audit.json"
+    await leader_unit.scp_from(source=audit_log_snap_path, destination=tmp_service_path)
+    with open(tmp_service_path, "r") as mongodb_service_file:
         audit_log = mongodb_service_file.readlines()
     # validate is not empty
     assert len(audit_log) > 0
-    os.remove(TMP_SERVICE_PATH)
+    os.remove(tmp_service_path)