diff --git a/state/aggregator_bench_test.go b/state/aggregator_bench_test.go
index 143a6170e..830392cd3 100644
--- a/state/aggregator_bench_test.go
+++ b/state/aggregator_bench_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func testDbAndAggregatorBench(b *testing.B, prefixLen int, aggStep uint64) (stri
 	path := b.TempDir()
 	b.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(path) })
 	logger := log.New()
-	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).Path(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).InMem(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.ChaindataTablesCfg
 	}).MustOpen()
 	b.Cleanup(db.Close)
diff --git a/state/aggregator_test.go b/state/aggregator_test.go
index 8e80684e4..96077aec2 100644
--- a/state/aggregator_test.go
+++ b/state/aggregator_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func testDbAndAggregator(t *testing.T, prefixLen int, aggStep uint64) (string, k
 	path := t.TempDir()
 	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(path) })
 	logger := log.New()
-	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).Path(filepath.Join(path, "db4")).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).InMem(filepath.Join(path, "db4")).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.ChaindataTablesCfg
 	}).MustOpen()
 	t.Cleanup(db.Close)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func TestAggregator_RestartOnFiles(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(path, "db4")))
 
-	newDb, err := mdbx.NewMDBX(log.New()).Path(filepath.Join(path, "db4")).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	newDb, err := mdbx.NewMDBX(log.New()).InMem(filepath.Join(path, "db4")).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.ChaindataTablesCfg
 	}).Open()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/state/domain_test.go b/state/domain_test.go
index 0272258a4..742bad1f3 100644
--- a/state/domain_test.go
+++ b/state/domain_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func testDbAndDomain(t *testing.T, prefixLen int) (string, kv.RwDB, *Domain) {
 	historyValsTable := "HistoryVals"
 	settingsTable := "Settings"
 	indexTable := "Index"
-	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).Path(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).InMem(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.TableCfg{
 			keysTable:        kv.TableCfgItem{Flags: kv.DupSort},
 			valsTable:        kv.TableCfgItem{},
diff --git a/state/history_test.go b/state/history_test.go
index a99943694..f202f59d2 100644
--- a/state/history_test.go
+++ b/state/history_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func testDbAndHistory(tb testing.TB) (string, kv.RwDB, *History) {
 	indexTable := "Index"
 	valsTable := "Vals"
 	settingsTable := "Settings"
-	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).Path(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).InMem(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.TableCfg{
 			keysTable:     kv.TableCfgItem{Flags: kv.DupSort},
 			indexTable:    kv.TableCfgItem{Flags: kv.DupSort},
diff --git a/state/inverted_index_test.go b/state/inverted_index_test.go
index 42c38d271..94d9fe940 100644
--- a/state/inverted_index_test.go
+++ b/state/inverted_index_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func testDbAndInvertedIndex(t *testing.T, aggStep uint64) (string, kv.RwDB, *Inv
 	logger := log.New()
 	keysTable := "Keys"
 	indexTable := "Index"
-	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).Path(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
+	db := mdbx.NewMDBX(logger).InMem(path).WithTableCfg(func(defaultBuckets kv.TableCfg) kv.TableCfg {
 		return kv.TableCfg{
 			keysTable:  kv.TableCfgItem{Flags: kv.DupSort},
 			indexTable: kv.TableCfgItem{Flags: kv.DupSort},