diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py b/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -509,41 +509,46 @@
     check_snapshot(expected_snapshot, loader.storage)
 
 
-class SvnLoaderTest9(BaseSvnLoaderTest):
+def test_loader_svn_visit_with_eol_style(swh_config, datadir, tmp_path):
     """Check that a svn repo containing a versioned file with CRLF line
        endings with svn:eol-style property set to 'native' (this is a
        violation of svn specification as the file should have been
        stored with LF line endings) can be loaded anyway.
 
     """
+    archive_name = "mediawiki-repo-r407-eol-native-crlf"
+    archive_path = os.path.join(datadir, f"{archive_name}.tgz")
+    repo_initial_url = prepare_repository_from_archive(
+        archive_path, archive_name, tmp_path
+    )
 
-    def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp(
-            archive_name="mediawiki-repo-r407-eol-native-crlf.tgz",
-            filename="mediawiki-repo-r407-eol-native-crlf",
-        )
-
-    def test_process_repository(self):
-        """Load repository with CRLF endings (svn:eol-style: native) is ok
+    # repo_initial_url becomes the origin_url we want to visit some more below
+    loader = SvnLoader(repo_initial_url)
 
-        """
-        # when
-        assert self.loader.load() == {"status": "eventful"}
+    assert loader.load() == {"status": "eventful"}
+    expected_snapshot = {
+        "id": MEDIAWIKI_SNAPSHOT,
+        "branches": {
+            "HEAD": {
+                "target": "7da4975c363101b819756d33459f30a866d01b1b",
+                "target_type": "revision",
+            }
+        },
+    }
+    check_snapshot(expected_snapshot, loader.storage)
 
-        expected_revisions = {
-            "7da4975c363101b819756d33459f30a866d01b1b": "f63637223ee0f7d4951ffd2d4d9547a4882c5d8b"  # noqa
-        }
-        self.assertRevisionsContain(expected_revisions)
-        self.assertCountSnapshots(1)
-        self.assertEqual(self.loader.visit_status(), "full")
+    assert_last_visit_matches(
+        loader.storage,
+        repo_initial_url,
+        status="full",
+        type="svn",
+        snapshot=MEDIAWIKI_SNAPSHOT,
+    )
 
-        assert_last_visit_matches(
-            self.storage,
-            self.repo_url,
-            status="full",
-            type="svn",
-            snapshot=MEDIAWIKI_SNAPSHOT,
-        )
+    stats = get_stats(loader.storage)
+    assert stats["origin"] == 1
+    assert stats["origin_visit"] == 1
+    assert stats["snapshot"] == 1
 
 
 class SvnLoaderTest10(BaseSvnLoaderTest):  # noqa