diff --git a/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/BUILD.bazel
index 5a2a4dd..3d9c688 100644
--- a/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
     name = "ha_test",
     srcs = ["run_test.go"],
     data = [
-        "//metropolis/node:image",
         "//metropolis/test/e2e:testimages_manifest",
-        "//third_party/edk2:firmware",
     ],
     tags = [
         "resources:iops:5000",
@@ -14,6 +12,9 @@
         # 3x2048 for nodes plus some extra.
         "resources:ram:7000",
     ],
+    x_defs = {
+        "xTestImagesManifestPath": "$(rlocationpath //metropolis/test/e2e:testimages_manifest )",
+    },
     deps = [
         "//metropolis/test/launch",
         "//metropolis/test/localregistry",
diff --git a/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/run_test.go b/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/run_test.go
index cc02df4..f2f7cc2 100644
--- a/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/run_test.go
+++ b/metropolis/test/e2e/suites/ha/run_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,25 @@
 	"source.monogon.dev/osbase/test/launch"
 )
 
+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.
+	xTestImagesManifestPath string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	var err error
+	for _, path := range []*string{
+		&xTestImagesManifestPath,
+	} {
+		*path, err = runfiles.Rlocation(*path)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 const (
 	// Timeout for the global test context.
 	//
@@ -35,11 +54,7 @@
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), globalTestTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	rPath, err := runfiles.Rlocation("_main/metropolis/test/e2e/testimages_manifest.prototxt")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolving registry manifest failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	df, err := os.ReadFile(rPath)
+	df, err := os.ReadFile(xTestImagesManifestPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Reading registry manifest failed: %v", err)
 	}