diff --git a/hack/provision-derived.sh b/hack/provision-derived.sh
index 7009456b0..dddcc8237 100755
--- a/hack/provision-derived.sh
+++ b/hack/provision-derived.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ case "$variant" in
       # tmt wants rsync
       dnf -y install cloud-init rsync
       ln -s ../cloud-init.target /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target.wants
-      # And tmt wants to write to /usr/local/bin
-      rm /usr/local -rf && ln -sr /var/usrlocal /usr/local && mkdir -p /var/usrlocal/bin
+
+      # tmt puts scrips in /var/lib/tmt/scripts, add them to $PATH
+      touch /etc/environment
+      echo "export PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/tmt/scripts" >> /etc/environment
 
       # tmt needs a webserver to verify the VM is running
       TESTCLOUD_GUEST="python3 -m http.server 10022 || python -m http.server 10022 || /usr/libexec/platform-python -m http.server 10022 || python2 -m SimpleHTTPServer 10022 || python -m SimpleHTTPServer 10022"
diff --git a/tests/plugins/bootc-install.py b/tests/plugins/bootc-install.py
index 6a8fbddee..78058de3d 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/bootc-install.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/bootc-install.py
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ def _build_derived_image(self, base_image: str) -> str:
 
             RUN dnf -y install cloud-init rsync && \
             ln -s ../cloud-init.target /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target.wants && \
-            rm /usr/local -rf && ln -sr /var/usrlocal /usr/local && mkdir -p /var/usrlocal/bin && \
+            touch /etc/environment && \
+            echo "export PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/tmt/scripts" >> /etc/environment && \
             dnf clean all && \
             echo "{{ testcloud_guest }}" >> /opt/testcloud-guest.sh && \
             chmod +x /opt/testcloud-guest.sh && \