diff --git a/config/auto-test.toml b/config/auto-test.toml
index 71c822ec4..7350c4786 100644
--- a/config/auto-test.toml
+++ b/config/auto-test.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ data = """
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=full
 export HOME=/home/root
 acid-runner
-bash /root/relibc-tests/run.sh
+bash /usr/share/relibc-tests/run.sh
 os-test-runner
 shutdown
 """
diff --git a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
index fd9938c5e..16831465b 100644
--- a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests-bins/recipe.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 
-make install-tests DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user" NATIVE_LIBC=1 IS_REDOX=1
+make install-tests DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share" NATIVE_LIBC=1 IS_REDOX=1
 
 if [ -n "$TESTBIN" ]; then
-"${COOKBOOK_REDOXER}" write-exec sh -c "cd /home/user/relibc-tests; make run-once TESTBIN=bins_dynamic/$TESTBIN"
+"${COOKBOOK_REDOXER}" write-exec sh -c "cd /usr/share/relibc-tests; make run-once TESTBIN=bins_dynamic/$TESTBIN"
 fi
 
 # Create runner script
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
 cat > "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/relibc-tests-runner" <<EOF
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
-cd /home/user/relibc-tests
-make run IS_REDOX=1
+cd /usr/share/relibc-tests
+make run IS_REDOX=1 # FIXME use a user writable dir as build dir
 EOF
 
 chmod +x "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/relibc-tests-runner"
diff --git a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests/recipe.toml b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests/recipe.toml
index 99531ee1a..01e408c41 100644
--- a/recipes/tests/relibc-tests/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tests/relibc-tests/recipe.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-# Due to necessary write permission for compilation the filesystem path of source code installation is an exception
-# where the package manager can't switch between system-wide and user paths
 [source]
 same_as = "../../core/relibc"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/relibc-tests"
-cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/tests" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/home/user/relibc-tests"
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/relibc-tests"
+cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/tests" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/relibc-tests"
 """
 
 [package]