diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index e436db9..056507e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@
             # resolves to 'dirB/..' first before resolving to parent of dirB.
             self._check_resolve_relative(p, P(BASE, 'foo', 'in', 'spam'), False)
         # Now create absolute symlinks
-        d = support._longpath(tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix='-dirD'))
+        d = support._longpath(tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix='-dirD', dir=os.getcwd()))
         self.addCleanup(support.rmtree, d)
         os.symlink(os.path.join(d), join('dirA', 'linkX'))
         os.symlink(join('dirB'), os.path.join(d, 'linkY'))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 461fe7a..22a3b78 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
             self.assertIn('include-system-site-packages = %s\n' % s, data)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(can_symlink(), 'Needs symlinks')
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'Symlinks are never used on Windows')
     def test_symlinking(self):
         """
         Test symlinking works as expected