diff --git a/go/qcow2/BUILD.bazel b/go/qcow2/BUILD.bazel
index c4806eb..88f257e 100644
--- a/go/qcow2/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/go/qcow2/BUILD.bazel
@@ -3,19 +3,12 @@
 go_library(
     name = "qcow2",
     srcs = ["qcow2.go"],
-    data = [
-        "@qemu//:qemu-img",
-    ],
     importpath = "source.monogon.dev/go/qcow2",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    x_defs = {
-        "xQemuImgPath": "$(rlocationpath @qemu//:qemu-img )",
-    },
 )
 
 go_test(
     name = "qcow2_test",
     srcs = ["qcow2_test.go"],
     embed = [":qcow2"],
-    deps = ["@io_bazel_rules_go//go/runfiles:go_default_library"],
 )
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)
 			}