diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/autest-site/trafficserver.test.ext b/tests/gold_tests/autest-site/trafficserver.test.ext
index fc0acd90b30..07d87e8be1d 100755
--- a/tests/gold_tests/autest-site/trafficserver.test.ext
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/autest-site/trafficserver.test.ext
@@ -339,6 +339,14 @@ def MakeATSProcess(obj, name, command='traffic_server', select_ports=True,
     get_port(p, "manager_port")
     get_port(p, "admin_port")
 
+    if enable_tls or enable_quic:
+        fname = "tls_session_keys.txt"
+        tmpname = os.path.join(log_dir, fname)
+        p.Disk.File(tmpname, id='tls_session_keys')
+        p.Disk.records_config.update({
+            'proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file': tmpname,
+        })
+
     if enable_cache:
         # In records.config, the cache is enabled by default so there's nothing
         # we have to do here to functionally enable it. However, the tests that
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/forward_proxy/forward_proxy.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/forward_proxy/forward_proxy.test.py
index d631b874c77..14e64b69f03 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/forward_proxy/forward_proxy.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/forward_proxy/forward_proxy.test.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ def setupTS(self):
             'proxy.config.ssl.server.cert.path': self.ts.Variables.SSLDir,
             'proxy.config.ssl.server.private_key.path': self.ts.Variables.SSLDir,
             'proxy.config.ssl.client.verify.server.policy': 'PERMISSIVE',
-            'proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file': '/tmp/keylog.txt',
 
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.enabled': 1,
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.tags': "http",
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/h2/http2_flow_control.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/h2/http2_flow_control.test.py
index 78b087fe2ca..babb1a405af 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/h2/http2_flow_control.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/h2/http2_flow_control.test.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ def _configure_trafficserver(self):
             'proxy.config.ssl.server.private_key.path': f'{ts.Variables.SSLDir}',
             'proxy.config.ssl.client.verify.server.policy': 'PERMISSIVE',
             'proxy.config.dns.nameservers': '127.0.0.1:{0}'.format(self._dns.Variables.Port),
-            'proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file': os.path.join(Test.RunDirectory, 'tls_session_keys.txt'),
 
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.enabled': 3,
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.tags': 'http',
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/multiplexer/multiplexer.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/multiplexer/multiplexer.test.py
index 4fcb1437b4f..da75733fda9 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/multiplexer/multiplexer.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/multiplexer/multiplexer.test.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def setupTS(self, skip_post):
             "proxy.config.ssl.server.cert.path": f'{self.ts.Variables.SSLDir}',
             "proxy.config.ssl.server.private_key.path": f'{self.ts.Variables.SSLDir}',
             "proxy.config.ssl.client.verify.server.policy": 'PERMISSIVE',
-            'proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file': '/tmp/tls_session_keys.txt',
 
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.enabled': 1,
             'proxy.config.diags.debug.tags': 'multiplexer',
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_session_key_logging.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_session_key_logging.test.py
index 1720cf697dc..a96bbbe40ed 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_session_key_logging.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_session_key_logging.test.py
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def setupTS(self, enable_secrets_logging):
 
         keylog_file = os.path.join(self.ts.Variables.LOGDIR, "tls_secrets.txt")
 
+        # Remove the keylog_file configuration automatically configured via the
+        # trafficserver AuTest extension.
+        del self.ts.Disk.records_config['proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file']
+
         if enable_secrets_logging:
             self.ts.Disk.records_config.update({
                 'proxy.config.ssl.keylog_file': keylog_file,