diff --git a/go/qcow2/qcow2_test.go b/go/qcow2/qcow2_test.go
index 9dc230a..cff77ac 100644
--- a/go/qcow2/qcow2_test.go
+++ b/go/qcow2/qcow2_test.go
@@ -6,29 +6,8 @@
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 )
 
-var (
-	// These are filled by bazel at linking time with the canonical path of
-	// their corresponding file. Inside the init function we resolve it
-	// with the rules_go runfiles package to the real path.
-	xQemuImgPath string
-)
-
-func init() {
-	var err error
-	for _, path := range []*string{
-		&xQemuImgPath,
-	} {
-		*path, err = runfiles.Rlocation(*path)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // TestGenerate exercises the Generate function for a variety of image sizes.
 func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test all orders of magnitude from 1KiB to 1PiB.
@@ -47,7 +26,7 @@
 				t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			cmd := exec.Command(xQemuImgPath, "check", path)
+			cmd := exec.Command("qemu-img", "check", path)
 			if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("qemu-img check failed: %v", err)
 			}