diff --git a/cloud/lib/component/BUILD.bazel b/cloud/lib/component/BUILD.bazel
index dcbe0fe..71c1ab4 100644
--- a/cloud/lib/component/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cloud/lib/component/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     importpath = "source.monogon.dev/cloud/lib/component",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//metropolis/cli/pkg/datafile",
         "//metropolis/pkg/pki",
         "@com_github_adrg_xdg//:xdg",
         "@com_github_cockroachdb_cockroach_go_v2//testserver",
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
         "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus",
         "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus/collectors",
         "@com_github_prometheus_client_golang//prometheus/promhttp",
+        "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/runfiles:go_default_library",
         "@io_k8s_klog_v2//:klog",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//:go_default_library",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//credentials",
diff --git a/cloud/lib/component/crdb.go b/cloud/lib/component/crdb.go
index 7c9c1a8..aae1f77 100644
--- a/cloud/lib/component/crdb.go
+++ b/cloud/lib/component/crdb.go
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2/testserver"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4"
 	_ "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database/cockroachdb"
 	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/source"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"source.monogon.dev/metropolis/cli/pkg/datafile"
 )
 
 // CockroachConfig is the common configuration of a components' connection to
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
 		opts := []testserver.TestServerOpt{
 			testserver.SecureOpt(),
 		}
-		if path, err := datafile.ResolveRunfile("external/cockroach/cockroach"); err == nil {
+		if path, err := runfiles.Rlocation("cockroach/cockroach"); err == nil {
 			opts = append(opts, testserver.CockroachBinaryPathOpt(path))
 		} else {
 			if os.Getenv("TEST_TMPDIR") != "" {