diff --git a/tests/support/mixins.py b/tests/support/mixins.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/support/mixins.py
+++ b/tests/support/mixins.py
@@ -651,12 +651,8 @@ def _fetch_events(q):
             queue_item.task_done()
 
     atexit.register(_clean_queue)
-    a_config = AdaptedConfigurationTestCaseMixin()
-    event = salt.utils.event.get_event(
-        'minion',
-        sock_dir=a_config.get_config('minion')['sock_dir'],
-        opts=a_config.get_config('minion'),
-    )
+    opts = RUNTIME_VARS.RUNTIME_CONFIGS['minion']
+    event = salt.utils.event.get_event('minion', sock_dir=opts['sock_dir'], opts=opts)
     while True:
         try:
             events = event.get_event(full=False)
Revert part of <I>c since it is not a fix