diff --git a/tests/test_issue14_delivery_ack.py b/tests/test_issue14_delivery_ack.py
index 0ad19c9..066a605 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue14_delivery_ack.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue14_delivery_ack.py
@@ -517,15 +517,19 @@ def test_wrapper_idle_grace_never_outlives_the_wall_clock(tmp_path):
 # publish_event: a heartbeat reaches events.log before the wire publish
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def _job_for_inprocess_publish(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    """A registered job in a private registry. The audit log resolves against
-    the cwd, so it lands under tmp_path too, and no real .mam.env is read."""
-    from lib_py.delegation import registry
+    """A registered job in a private registry. Its audit log goes to the
+    per-test default under tmp_path (conftest, Issue #20): deleting
+    DELEGATE_JOB_LOGS_DIR here, to fall back to the cwd, fell through to an
+    ambient WORKSPACE_ROOT instead - the real .mam/delegate_job_logs (PR #22
+    rec 4). No real .mam.env is read."""
+    from lib_py.delegation import mqtt_common, registry
 
     monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
-    monkeypatch.delenv("DELEGATE_JOB_LOGS_DIR", raising=False)
     monkeypatch.setenv("MAM_ENV_FILE", str(tmp_path / ".mam.env.absent"))
     reg_dir = tmp_path / "jobs"
     jid = registry.register_job("issue 14 heartbeat order", registry_dir=str(reg_dir))
+    logs = Path(mqtt_common.get_logs_dir())
+    assert tmp_path in logs.parents and (logs / jid).is_dir(), logs
     return reg_dir, jid