diff --git a/corpus/Provides-NoFile-0.50.tar.gz b/corpus/Provides-NoFile-0.50.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index e38eb5721..000000000
Binary files a/corpus/Provides-NoFile-0.50.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/t/lib/PAUSE/TestPAUSE.pm b/t/lib/PAUSE/TestPAUSE.pm
index e423f6bff..031894b42 100644
--- a/t/lib/PAUSE/TestPAUSE.pm
+++ b/t/lib/PAUSE/TestPAUSE.pm
@@ -313,9 +313,8 @@ sub with_our_config {
   $code->($self);
 }
 
-sub test_reindex {
-  my ($self, $arg) = @_;
-  $arg //= {};
+sub _take_pause_action {
+  my ($self, $action) = @_;
 
   $self->with_our_config(sub {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -349,18 +348,7 @@ sub test_reindex {
 
     die "stray mail in test mail trap before reindex" if @stray_mail;
 
-    if ($arg->{pick}) {
-      my $dbh = PAUSE::dbh();
-      $dbh->do("DELETE FROM distmtimes WHERE dist = ?", undef, $_)
-        for @{ $arg->{pick} };
-    }
-
-    PAUSE::mldistwatch->new({
-      sleep => 0,
-      ($arg->{pick} ? (pick => $arg->{pick}) : ()),
-    })->reindex;
-
-    $arg->{after}->($self->tmpdir) if $arg->{after};
+    $action->();
 
     my @deliveries = Email::Sender::Simple->default_transport->deliveries;
 
@@ -376,6 +364,34 @@ sub test_reindex {
   });
 }
 
+sub rewrite_indexes {
+  my ($self) = @_;
+  my $action = sub {
+    PAUSE::mldistwatch->new({ sleep => 0 })->rewrite_indexes;
+  };
+
+  return $self->_take_pause_action($action);
+}
+
+sub test_reindex {
+  my ($self, $arg) = @_;
+  $arg //= {};
+  my $action = sub {
+    if ($arg->{pick}) {
+      my $dbh = PAUSE::dbh();
+      $dbh->do("DELETE FROM distmtimes WHERE dist = ?", undef, $_)
+        for @{ $arg->{pick} };
+    }
+
+    PAUSE::mldistwatch->new({
+      sleep => 0,
+      ($arg->{pick} ? (pick => $arg->{pick}) : ()),
+    })->reindex;
+  };
+
+  return $self->_take_pause_action($action);
+}
+
 has _file_index => (
   is      => 'ro',
   default => sub {  {}  },
diff --git a/t/mldistwatch-big.t b/t/mldistwatch-big.t
index c468d9cdb..71ffe330e 100644
--- a/t/mldistwatch-big.t
+++ b/t/mldistwatch-big.t
@@ -286,12 +286,19 @@ subtest "case mismatch, authorized for original, desc. version" => sub {
 subtest "sometimes, provides fields are empty" => sub {
   my $pause = PAUSE::TestPAUSE->init_new;
 
-  # Key points:
-  #   1. dist version 0.50
-  #   2. meta provides has...
-  #     a. package Provides::NoFile in a named file with version 1.5
-  #     b. package Provides::NoFile::Nowhere with an undef file entry
-  $pause->upload_author_file(MYSTERIO => 'corpus/Provides-NoFile-0.50.tar.gz');
+  $pause->upload_author_fake(
+    MYSTERIO => 'Provides-NoFile-0.50.tar.gz',
+    {
+      meta_munger => sub {
+        $_[0]{provides} = {
+          "Provides::NoFile" => { file => "lib/Provides/NoFile.pm", version => "1.5" },
+          "Provides::NoFile::Nowhere" => { file => undef },
+        };
+
+        return $_[0];
+      },
+    }
+  );
 
   my $result = $pause->test_reindex;