diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dd669b..d6b6c0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 2025-11-29
+
+grimblast: remove superfluous use of external commands on test setup
+
 ### 2025-09-29
 
 grimblast: Fix a bug where grimblast would delete the lock file when early exiting
diff --git a/grimblast/test/test.bats b/grimblast/test/test.bats
index e03ada8..45f35f4 100755
--- a/grimblast/test/test.bats
+++ b/grimblast/test/test.bats
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # set $BATS_LIB_PATH only if not set already, default to /usr/lib/bats
 setup_file() {
     : "${BATS_LIB_PATH:='/usr/lib/bats'}"
-    PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME")")/..:$PATH"
+    PATH="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/..:$PATH"
     bats_require_minimum_version 1.5.0
 }