diff --git a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/cli_and_env.star b/tools/rbcrun/testdata/cli_and_env.star
deleted file mode 100644
index d6f464a..0000000
--- a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/cli_and_env.star
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Tests rblf_env access
-load("assert.star", "assert")
-
-
-def test():
-    assert.eq(rblf_env.TEST_ENVIRONMENT_FOO, "test_environment_foo")
-    assert.fails(lambda: rblf_env.FOO_BAR_BAZ, ".*struct has no .FOO_BAR_BAZ attribute$")
-    assert.eq(rblf_cli.CLI_FOO, "foo")
-
-
-test()
diff --git a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/file_ops.star b/tools/rbcrun/testdata/file_ops.star
index 2ee78fc..b2b907c 100644
--- a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/file_ops.star
+++ b/tools/rbcrun/testdata/file_ops.star
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 # Tests file ops builtins
 load("assert.star", "assert")
 
-
 def test():
     myname = "file_ops.star"
     files = rblf_wildcard("*.star")
     assert.true(myname in files, "expected %s in  %s" % (myname, files))
-    files = rblf_wildcard("*.star", rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR)
+    files = rblf_wildcard("*.star")
     assert.true(myname in files, "expected %s in %s" % (myname, files))
     files = rblf_wildcard("*.xxx")
     assert.true(len(files) == 0, "expansion should be empty but contains %s" % files)
     mydir = "testdata"
     myrelname = "%s/%s" % (mydir, myname)
-    files = rblf_find_files(rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR + "/../", "*")
+    files = rblf_find_files("../", "*")
     assert.true(mydir in files and myrelname in files, "expected %s and %s in %s" % (mydir, myrelname, files))
-    files = rblf_find_files(rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR + "/../", "*", only_files=1)
+    files = rblf_find_files("../", "*", only_files=1)
     assert.true(mydir not in files, "did not expect %s in %s" % (mydir, files))
     assert.true(myrelname in files, "expected %s  in %s" % (myrelname, files))
-    files = rblf_find_files(rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR + "/../", "*.star")
+    files = rblf_find_files("../", "*.star")
     assert.true(myrelname in files, "expected %s in %s" % (myrelname, files))
 test()
diff --git a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/shell.star b/tools/rbcrun/testdata/shell.star
index ad10697..dd17375 100644
--- a/tools/rbcrun/testdata/shell.star
+++ b/tools/rbcrun/testdata/shell.star
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Tests "queue" data type
 load("assert.star", "assert")
 
-assert.eq("load.star shell.star", rblf_shell("cd %s && ls -1 shell.star load.star 2>&1" % rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR))
-assert.eq("shell.star", rblf_shell("cd %s && echo shell.sta*" % rblf_env.TEST_DATA_DIR))
+assert.eq("load.star shell.star", rblf_shell("ls -1 shell.star load.star 2>&1"))
+assert.eq("shell.star", rblf_shell("echo shell.sta*"))