diff --git a/warcprox/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from warcprox/tests/__init__.py
rename to tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/warcprox/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from warcprox/tests/conftest.py
rename to tests/conftest.py
diff --git a/warcprox/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
similarity index 97%
rename from warcprox/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
rename to tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
index 4cca48d..6bb600d 100644
--- a/warcprox/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
+++ b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tempfile
 import subprocess # to access the script from shell
 import sys
 import glob
+import distutils
 
 # will try as python 3 then default to python 2 modules
 try:
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ val1 = 'very first value'
 val2 = 'second value'
 
 py = sys.executable
-dump_anydbm_loc = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))), "bin/dump-anydbm")
+dump_anydbm_loc = distutils.spawn.find_executable("dump-anydbm")
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def gdbm_test_db(request):
diff --git a/warcprox/tests/test_warcprox.py b/tests/test_warcprox.py
similarity index 100%
rename from warcprox/tests/test_warcprox.py
rename to tests/test_warcprox.py