diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 075e8ed..2278d35 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
 			repository.scan(this, refresh);
 
 		foreach (ref repository; this.m_repositories)
-			repository.loadOverrides();
+			repository.loadOverrides(this);
 		this.m_initialized = true;
 	}
 
@@ -1378,17 +1378,17 @@
 		this.packagePath = path;
 	}
 
-	void loadOverrides()
+	void loadOverrides(PackageManager mgr)
 	{
-		import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
-
 		this.overrides = null;
 		auto ovrfilepath = this.packagePath ~ LocalOverridesFilename;
-		if (existsFile(ovrfilepath)) {
+		if (mgr.existsFile(ovrfilepath)) {
 			logWarn("Found local override file: %s", ovrfilepath);
 			logWarn(OverrideDepMsg);
 			logWarn("Replace with a path-based dependency in your project or a custom cache path");
-			foreach (entry; jsonFromFile(ovrfilepath)) {
+			const text = mgr.readText(ovrfilepath);
+			auto json = parseJsonString(text, ovrfilepath.toNativeString());
+			foreach (entry; json) {
 				PackageOverride_ ovr;
 				ovr.package_ = entry["name"].get!string;
 				ovr.source = VersionRange.fromString(entry["version"].get!string);
diff --git a/source/dub/test/base.d b/source/dub/test/base.d
index 3566f57..fd9717f 100644
--- a/source/dub/test/base.d
+++ b/source/dub/test/base.d
@@ -345,29 +345,6 @@
         assert(0, "Function not implemented");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This function usually scans the filesystem for packages.
-     *
-     * We don't want to do IO access and rely on users adding the packages
-     * before the test starts instead.
-     *
-     * Note: Deprecated `refresh(bool)` does IO, but it's deprecated
-     */
-	public override void refresh()
-	{
-		// Local packages are not yet implemented
-		version (none) {
-			foreach (ref repository; this.m_repositories)
-				repository.scanLocalPackages(false, this);
-		}
-		this.m_internal.scan(this, false);
-		foreach (ref repository; this.m_repositories)
-			repository.scan(this, false);
-
-		// Removed override loading usually done here as they are deprecated
-		this.m_initialized = true;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Re-Implementation of `gitClone`.
 	 *