diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/plugin.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/plugin.py
index 2b60e453..eb4eb294 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/plugin.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/plugin.py
@@ -41,22 +41,22 @@ def ipv4_config(make_config):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def maildomain(example_config):
+def example_maildomain(example_config):
     return example_config.mail_domain
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def testaddr(maildomain):
-    return f"user.name@{maildomain}"
+def testaddr(example_maildomain):
+    return f"user.name@{example_maildomain}"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def gencreds(maildomain):
+def example_gencreds(example_maildomain):
     count = itertools.count()
     next(count)
 
     def gen(domain=None):
-        domain = domain if domain else maildomain
+        domain = domain if domain else example_maildomain
         while 1:
             num = next(count)
             alphanumeric = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py
index 8d9ce4c6..d8cac644 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_config.py
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ def test_read_config_ipv4(ipv4_config):
     assert ipv4_config.mail_domain == "[1.3.3.7]"
 
 
-def test_read_config_basic_using_defaults(tmp_path, maildomain):
+def test_read_config_basic_using_defaults(tmp_path, example_maildomain):
     inipath = tmp_path.joinpath("chatmail.ini")
-    inipath.write_text(f"[params]\nmail_domain = {maildomain}")
+    inipath.write_text(f"[params]\nmail_domain = {example_maildomain}")
     example_config = read_config(inipath)
     assert example_config.max_user_send_per_minute == 60
     assert example_config.filtermail_smtp_port_incoming == 10081
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_doveauth.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_doveauth.py
index 2fa079c3..c2057196 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_doveauth.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_doveauth.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def dictproxy(example_config):
     return AuthDictProxy(config=example_config)
 
 
-def test_basic(dictproxy, gencreds):
-    addr, password = gencreds()
+def test_basic(dictproxy, example_gencreds):
+    addr, password = example_gencreds()
     dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)
     data = dictproxy.lookup_userdb(addr)
     assert data
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def test_handle_dovecot_protocol_user_not_exists(example_config):
     assert wfile.getvalue() == b"N\n"
 
 
-def test_handle_dovecot_protocol_iterate(gencreds, example_config):
+def test_handle_dovecot_protocol_iterate(example_config):
     dictproxy = AuthDictProxy(config=example_config)
     dictproxy.lookup_passdb("asdf00000@chat.example.org", "q9mr3faue")
     dictproxy.lookup_passdb("asdf11111@chat.example.org", "q9mr3faue")
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ def test_concurrent_creation_same_account(dictproxy):
     assert len(passwords_seen) == 1
 
 
-def test_50_concurrent_lookups_different_accounts(gencreds, dictproxy):
+def test_50_concurrent_lookups_different_accounts(example_gencreds, dictproxy):
     num_threads = 50
     req_per_thread = 5
     results = queue.Queue()
 
     def lookup():
         for i in range(req_per_thread):
-            addr, password = gencreds()
+            addr, password = example_gencreds()
             try:
                 dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)
             except Exception:
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ def test_50_concurrent_lookups_different_accounts(gencreds, dictproxy):
 
 
 def test_insufficient_resources_block_creation_not_existing_logins(
-    dictproxy, gencreds, monkeypatch
+    dictproxy, example_gencreds, monkeypatch
 ):
-    addr, password = gencreds()
+    addr, password = example_gencreds()
     assert dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         chatmaild.doveauth, "has_sufficient_resources", lambda config: False
     )
-    newaddr, newpassword = gencreds()
+    newaddr, newpassword = example_gencreds()
     assert not dictproxy.lookup_passdb(newaddr, newpassword)
     assert dictproxy.lookup_passdb(addr, password)
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py
index f7046ca3..852717f4 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_newmail.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_create_dclogin_url_ipv4(ipv4_config):
     assert addr in url
 
 
-def test_print_new_account(capsys, monkeypatch, maildomain, tmpdir, example_config):
+def test_print_new_account(capsys, monkeypatch, tmpdir, example_config):
     monkeypatch.setattr(chatmaild.newemail, "CONFIG_PATH", str(example_config._inipath))
     print_new_account()
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()