diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt
index 9460b811d8..2fd840665b 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/build.sbt
@@ -13,22 +13,13 @@ def commonSettings: Seq[Def.Setting[_]] =
     resolvers += MavenCache("local-maven", (LocalRootProject / target).value / "local-maven"),
   )
 
-lazy val root = (project in file("."))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
-
-val `v1-0-0` = (project in file("v1.0.0"))
+val semverSpecTest = project
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(
     name := "semver-spec-test",
     version := "1.0.0",
   )
 
-val `v1-1-0` = (project in file("v1.1.0"))
-  .settings(commonSettings)
-  .settings(
-    name := "semver-spec-test",
-    version := "1.1.0",
-  )
 
 val middle = project
   .settings(commonSettings)
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test
index 93ed91f57c..e8b982fcf6 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/test
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-> v1-0-0/publish
-> v1-1-0/publish
+> semverSpecTest/publish
+> set semverSpecTest/version := "1.1.0"
+> semverSpecTest/publish
 > middle/publish
 
 > use/check
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index fbfda9e74c..0000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.0.0/LibraryTest.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package example
-
-trait Foo {}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index fbfda9e74c..0000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/evicted-semver-spec/v1.1.0/LibraryTest.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package example
-
-trait Foo {}