diff --git a/fish/test-copy.sh b/fish/test-copy.sh
index ca4885bfa..ad86b08ff 100755
--- a/fish/test-copy.sh
+++ b/fish/test-copy.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rm -rf original copy
 
 mkdir original
 cp $srcdir/../tests/data/known* original
-cp -P $srcdir/../tests/data/abssymlink* original
+cp -P ../tests/data/abssymlink* original
 
 output=$(
 ./guestfish -N fs -m /dev/sda1 <<EOF
diff --git a/fish/test-read-file.sh b/fish/test-read-file.sh
index d04713335..29548d257 100755
--- a/fish/test-read-file.sh
+++ b/fish/test-read-file.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ mount-ro /dev/sda /
 read-file /helloworld.tar
 EOF
 
-cmp ../tests/data/helloworld.tar test.out
+cmp $srcdir/../tests/data/helloworld.tar test.out
 
 rm -f test.out