diff --git a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/macros/ref_override_macro.sql b/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/macros/ref_override_macro.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a4a85b50324..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/macros/ref_override_macro.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
--- Macro to override ref and always return the same result
-{% macro ref(modelname) %}
-{% do return(builtins.ref(modelname).replace_path(identifier='seed_2')) %}
-{% endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/models/ref_override.sql b/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/models/ref_override.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bbf936ae2e..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/models/ref_override.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-select
-    *
-from {{ ref('seed_1') }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_1.csv b/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_1.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index 4de2771bdac..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_1.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-a,b
-1,2
-2,4
-3,6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_2.csv b/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_2.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index eeadef9495c..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/seeds/seed_2.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-a,b
-6,2
-12,4
-18,6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/test_ref_override.py b/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/test_ref_override.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 748379b447c..00000000000
--- a/test/integration/055_ref_override_tests/test_ref_override.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
-
-
-class TestRefOverride(DBTIntegrationTest):
-    @property
-    def schema(self):
-        return "dbt_ref_override_055"
-
-    @property
-    def project_config(self):
-        return {
-            'config-version': 2,
-            'seed-paths': ['seeds'],
-            "macro-paths": ["macros"],
-            'seeds': {
-                'quote_columns': False,
-            },
-        }
-
-    @property
-    def models(self):
-        return "models"
-
-    @use_profile('postgres')
-    def test_postgres_ref_override(self):
-        self.run_dbt(['seed'])
-        self.run_dbt(['run'])
-        # We want it to equal seed_2 and not seed_1. If it's
-        # still pointing at seed_1 then the override hasn't worked.
-        self.assertTablesEqual('ref_override', 'seed_2')
diff --git a/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_mat.py b/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_materialization.py
similarity index 96%
rename from tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_mat.py
rename to tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_materialization.py
index 7191195e7cc..875e0f1b66b 100644
--- a/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_mat.py
+++ b/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/basic/test_table_materialization.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def models(self):
         return {'materialized.sql': model_sql}
 
     def test_table_materialization_sort_dist_no_op(self, project):
-        # basic table mat test, sort and dist is not supported by postgres so the result table would still be same as input
+        # basic table materialization test, sort and dist is not supported by postgres so the result table would still be same as input
 
         # check seed
         results = run_dbt(["seed"])
diff --git a/tests/functional/ref_override/test_ref_override.py b/tests/functional/ref_override/test_ref_override.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a6b1def435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/ref_override/test_ref_override.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, check_relations_equal
+from dbt.tests.fixtures.project import write_project_files
+
+
+models__ref_override_sql = """
+select
+    *
+from {{ ref('seed_1') }}
+"""
+
+macros__ref_override_macro_sql = """
+-- Macro to override ref and always return the same result
+{% macro ref(modelname) %}
+{% do return(builtins.ref(modelname).replace_path(identifier='seed_2')) %}
+{% endmacro %}
+"""
+
+seeds__seed_2_csv = """a,b
+6,2
+12,4
+18,6"""
+
+seeds__seed_1_csv = """a,b
+1,2
+2,4
+3,6"""
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def models():
+    return {"ref_override.sql": models__ref_override_sql}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def macros():
+    return {"ref_override_macro.sql": macros__ref_override_macro_sql}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def seeds():
+    return {"seed_2.csv": seeds__seed_2_csv, "seed_1.csv": seeds__seed_1_csv}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def project_files(
+    project_root,
+    models,
+    macros,
+    seeds,
+):
+    write_project_files(project_root, "models", models)
+    write_project_files(project_root, "macros", macros)
+    write_project_files(project_root, "seeds", seeds)
+
+
+class TestRefOverride:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {
+            "config-version": 2,
+            "seed-paths": ["seeds"],
+            "macro-paths": ["macros"],
+            "seeds": {
+                "quote_columns": False,
+            },
+        }
+
+    def test_ref_override(
+        self,
+        project,
+    ):
+        run_dbt(["seed"])
+        run_dbt(["run"])
+
+        # We want it to equal seed_2 and not seed_1. If it's
+        # still pointing at seed_1 then the override hasn't worked.
+        check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["ref_override", "seed_2"])