diff --git a/osbase/test/launch/launch.go b/osbase/test/launch/launch.go
index d030b22..cf165a1 100644
--- a/osbase/test/launch/launch.go
+++ b/osbase/test/launch/launch.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	"source.monogon.dev/osbase/freeport"
@@ -246,18 +245,13 @@
 	// kernel, initramfs and command line are mapped into VM memory at boot time and
 	// not loaded from any sort of disk. Booting and shutting off one of these VMs
 	// takes <100ms.
-	biosPath, err := runfiles.Rlocation("com_github_bonzini_qboot/bios.bin")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("while searching bios: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	baseArgs := []string{
 		"-nodefaults", "-no-user-config", "-nographic", "-no-reboot",
 		"-accel", "kvm", "-cpu", "host",
 		"-m", "1G",
-		// Needed until QEMU updates their bundled qboot version (needs
-		// https://github.com/bonzini/qboot/pull/28)
-		"-bios", biosPath,
+		// Needed because QEMU does not boot without specifying the qboot bios
+		// even tho the documentation clearly states that this is the default.
+		"-bios", "/usr/share/qemu/qboot.rom",
 		"-M", "microvm,x-option-roms=off,pic=off,pit=off,rtc=off,isa-serial=off",
 		"-kernel", opts.KernelPath,
 		// We force using a triple-fault reboot strategy since otherwise the kernel first
@@ -309,7 +303,7 @@
 
 	PrettyPrintQemuArgs(opts.Name, cmd.Args)
 
-	err = cmd.Run()
+	err := cmd.Run()
 	// If it's a context error, just quit. There's no way to tell a
 	// killed-due-to-context vs killed-due-to-external-reason error returned by Run,
 	// so we approximate by looking at the context's status.