diff --git a/lib/build-vms.nix b/lib/build-vms.nix
index e8b21fb6dfd..2989708bdc8 100644
--- a/lib/build-vms.nix
+++ b/lib/build-vms.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { nixos ? ./..
-, nixpkgs ? /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
-, services ? /etc/nixos/services
+, nixpkgs ? ../../nixpkgs
+, services ? ../../nixos/services
 , system ? builtins.currentSystem
 }:
 
diff --git a/lib/eval-config.nix b/lib/eval-config.nix
index 10efb8a251d..a0d34b4701f 100644
--- a/lib/eval-config.nix
+++ b/lib/eval-config.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 { system ? builtins.currentSystem
 , nixpkgs ? import ./from-env.nix "NIXPKGS" /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
-, services ? /etc/nixos/services
+, services ? ../../services
 , pkgs ? null
 , baseModules ? import ../modules/module-list.nix
 , extraArgs ? {}
diff --git a/tests/kde4.nix b/tests/kde4.nix
index 0cff2d4eec0..3dc5e35a1c5 100644
--- a/tests/kde4.nix
+++ b/tests/kde4.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { nixos ? ./..
-, nixpkgs ? /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
-, services ? /etc/nixos/services
+, nixpkgs ? ../../nixpkgs
+, services ? ../../nixos/services
 , system ? builtins.currentSystem
 }:
 
diff --git a/tests/subversion.nix b/tests/subversion.nix
index 82ada4576eb..c49d74f5975 100644
--- a/tests/subversion.nix
+++ b/tests/subversion.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { nixos ? ./..
-, nixpkgs ? /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
-, services ? /etc/nixos/services
+, nixpkgs ? ../../nixpkgs
+, services ? ../../services
 , system ? builtins.currentSystem
 }: