diff --git a/testsuite/a11y/accessibility-dump.c b/testsuite/a11y/accessibility-dump.c
index 62541a14fa..59fd79a521 100644
--- a/testsuite/a11y/accessibility-dump.c
+++ b/testsuite/a11y/accessibility-dump.c
@@ -861,13 +861,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
       if (arg_base_dir)
         basedir = arg_base_dir;
-      else if (g_getenv ("srcdir"))
-        basedir = g_getenv ("srcdir");
       else
-        basedir = ".";
-        
+        basedir = g_test_get_dir (G_TEST_DIST);
       dir = g_file_new_for_path (basedir);
-      
       add_tests_for_files_in_directory (dir);
 
       g_object_unref (dir);
diff --git a/testsuite/css/parser/test-css-parser.c b/testsuite/css/parser/test-css-parser.c
index 1cf20379fc..34ee3ae7dd 100644
--- a/testsuite/css/parser/test-css-parser.c
+++ b/testsuite/css/parser/test-css-parser.c
@@ -393,13 +393,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       const char *basedir;
       GFile *dir;
 
-      if (g_getenv ("srcdir"))
-        basedir = g_getenv ("srcdir");
-      else
-        basedir = ".";
-        
+      basedir = g_test_get_dir (G_TEST_DIST);
       dir = g_file_new_for_path (basedir);
-      
       add_tests_for_files_in_directory (dir);
 
       g_object_unref (dir);
diff --git a/testsuite/reftests/gtk-reftest.c b/testsuite/reftests/gtk-reftest.c
index 4036072cf0..89a2f5bdb4 100644
--- a/testsuite/reftests/gtk-reftest.c
+++ b/testsuite/reftests/gtk-reftest.c
@@ -584,10 +584,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (arg_base_dir)
     basedir = arg_base_dir;
-  else if (g_getenv ("srcdir"))
-    basedir = g_getenv ("srcdir");
   else
-    basedir = ".";
+    basedir = g_test_get_dir (G_TEST_DIST);
 
   if (argc < 2)
     {