diff --git a/src/Makefile_Edje.am b/src/Makefile_Edje.am
index 2bcf7d2e24..458a98ff67 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_Edje.am
+++ b/src/Makefile_Edje.am
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ tests/edje/edje_suite.h
 tests_edje_edje_suite_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/efl \
 $(EDJE_COMMON_CPPFLAGS) \
 -DTESTS_SRC_DIR=\"$(top_srcdir)/src/tests/edje\" \
--DTESTS_BUILD_DIR=\"$(top_builddir)/src/tests/edje\" \
+-DTESTS_BUILD_DIR=\"$(abs_top_builddir)/src/tests/edje\" \
 @CHECK_CFLAGS@
 tests_edje_edje_suite_LDADD = @CHECK_LIBS@  $(USE_EDJE_BIN_LIBS)
 tests_edje_edje_suite_DEPENDENCIES = @USE_EDJE_INTERNAL_LIBS@
diff --git a/src/tests/edje/edje_test_edje.c b/src/tests/edje/edje_test_edje.c
index 87a0afda62..8a3d6451a8 100644
--- a/src/tests/edje/edje_test_edje.c
+++ b/src/tests/edje/edje_test_edje.c
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@ test_layout_get(const char *name)
 
    snprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, TESTS_BUILD_DIR"/data/%s", name);
 
-   static int is_local = -1;
-   if (is_local == -1)
-     {
-        struct stat st;
-        is_local = (stat(filename, &st) == 0);
-     }
-
-   if (!is_local)
-     snprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/data/%s", name);
-
    return filename;
 }