diff --git a/crates/pixi_cli/src/workspace/export/snapshots/pixi_cli__workspace__export__conda_environment__tests__test_export_conda_env_yaml.snap b/crates/pixi_cli/src/workspace/export/snapshots/pixi_cli__workspace__export__conda_environment__tests__test_export_conda_env_yaml.snap
index 3ddc795646..673f593761 100644
--- a/crates/pixi_cli/src/workspace/export/snapshots/pixi_cli__workspace__export__conda_environment__tests__test_export_conda_env_yaml.snap
+++ b/crates/pixi_cli/src/workspace/export/snapshots/pixi_cli__workspace__export__conda_environment__tests__test_export_conda_env_yaml.snap
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ dependencies:
 - pip
 - pip:
   - rich>=13.8.0, <14
-  - test-git-subdir-roundtrip @ git+git+ssh://must/replace@main#subdirectory=tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/test-git-subdir-roundtrip
+  - test-git-subdir-roundtrip @ git+https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi@main#subdirectory=tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/test-git-subdir-roundtrip
diff --git a/tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/pixi.toml b/tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/pixi.toml
index 5db77707cf..f428d58896 100644
--- a/tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/pixi.toml
+++ b/tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/pixi.toml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ ca-certificates = { version = "==2024.8.30", channel = "conda-forge" }
 
 [pypi-dependencies]
 rich = ">=13.8.0, <14"
-# NOTE: this will be updated to current absolute path in test-exports.sh
-#       to test local modifications, use an absolute path and remove the override
-test-git-subdir-roundtrip = { git = "git+ssh://must/replace", rev = "main", subdirectory = "tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/test-git-subdir-roundtrip" }
+# NOTE: to pass integration tests, the git path here must be either a valid remote or a local abspath
+#       to test local modifications, use an absolute path temporarily.
+test-git-subdir-roundtrip = { git = "https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi", rev = "main", subdirectory = "tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export/test-git-subdir-roundtrip" }
 
 [target.linux-64.dependencies]
 requests = ">=2.32.3,<3"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test-export.sh b/tests/scripts/test-export.sh
index 11234309c2..e995733863 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/test-export.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/test-export.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,7 @@ eval "$(pixi shell-hook)"
 unset PIXI_IN_SHELL
 echo "Exporting the export test environment"
 cd tests/data/mock-projects/test-project-export
-
-# For the git subdirectory round-trip test, we need to edit
-# the pixi.toml.orig git subdirectory entry to use an absolute path
-python -c 'import pathlib; pathlib.Path("tmp").mkdir(exist_ok=True); p = pathlib.Path("./tmp/pixi.toml"); p.write_text(pathlib.Path("pixi.toml").read_text().replace("git+ssh:\/\/must\/replace", str(p.absolute().parents[4])))'
-
-pixi project --manifest-path tmp/pixi.toml export conda-environment | tee test-env.yml
+pixi project export conda-environment | tee test-env.yml
 echo "Creating the export test environment with micromamba"
 micromamba create -y -f test-env.yml -n export-test
 micromamba env list
@@ -24,8 +19,7 @@ micromamba env remove -y -n export-test
 export _PIXITEST_TMP=$(mktemp -d)
 pixi init -i test-env.yml $_PIXITEST_TMP
 pixi install --manifest-path $_PIXITEST_TMP
-rm test-env.yml tmp/pixi.toml
-rmdir tmp
+rm test-env.yml
 cd ../../../..
 
 # Setuptools error with env_test_package