diff --git a/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/CMakeLists.txt
index eec2e11dc..0590afc95 100644
--- a/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
+function(load_spirv SPIRV_FILE RESULT)
+    file(READ ${SPIRV_FILE} bytes HEX)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])" "0x\\1, " values ${bytes})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ", $" "" values ${values})
+    set(${RESULT} ${values} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 if(SYCL_CTS_ENABLE_EXT_ONEAPI_KERNEL_COMPILER_SPIRV_TESTS)
     file(GLOB test_cases_list *.cpp)
 
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels.spv" KERNELS_PATH)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels_fp16.spv" KERNELS_FP16_PATH)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels_fp64.spv" KERNELS_FP64_PATH)
-    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS_PATH="${KERNELS_PATH}")
-    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS_FP16_PATH="${KERNELS_FP16_PATH}")
-    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS_FP64_PATH="${KERNELS_FP64_PATH}")
+    load_spirv("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels.spv" KERNELS)
+    load_spirv("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels_fp16.spv" KERNELS_FP16)
+    load_spirv("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernels_fp64.spv" KERNELS_FP64)
+    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS=${KERNELS})
+    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS_FP16=${KERNELS_FP16})
+    add_compile_definitions(KERNELS_FP64=${KERNELS_FP64})
 
     add_cts_test(${test_cases_list})
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/kernel_compiler_spirv.cpp b/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/kernel_compiler_spirv.cpp
index 645000ed2..e04eb855a 100644
--- a/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/kernel_compiler_spirv.cpp
+++ b/tests/extension/oneapi_kernel_compiler_spirv/kernel_compiler_spirv.cpp
@@ -22,22 +22,20 @@
 
 namespace kernel_compiler_spirv::tests {
 
+static const std::vector<uint8_t> kernels{KERNELS};
+static const std::vector<uint8_t> kernels_fp16{KERNELS_FP16};
+static const std::vector<uint8_t> kernels_fp64{KERNELS_FP64};
+
 #ifdef SYCL_EXT_ONEAPI_AUTO_LOCAL_RANGE
 
-sycl::kernel_bundle<sycl::bundle_state::executable> loadKernelsFromFile(
-    sycl::queue& q, const std::string& file_name) {
+sycl::kernel_bundle<sycl::bundle_state::executable> loadKernelsFromVector(
+    sycl::queue& q, const std::vector<uint8_t>& kernels) {
   namespace syclex = sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental;
 
-  // Read the SPIR-V module from disk.
-  std::ifstream spv_stream(file_name, std::ios::binary);
-  if (!spv_stream.is_open()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open '" + file_name + "'");
-  }
-  spv_stream.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-  size_t sz = spv_stream.tellg();
-  spv_stream.seekg(0);
-  std::vector<std::byte> spv(sz);
-  spv_stream.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(spv.data()), sz);
+  // Copy the SPIR-V module to a std::vector<std::byte>.
+  std::vector<std::byte> spv(kernels.size());
+  std::transform(kernels.begin(), kernels.end(), spv.begin(),
+                 [](uint8_t x) { return std::byte(x); });
 
   // Create a kernel bundle from the binary SPIR-V.
   sycl::kernel_bundle<sycl::bundle_state::ext_oneapi_source> kb_src =
@@ -176,9 +174,7 @@ void testStruct(sycl::queue& q, const sycl::kernel& kernel) {
   sycl::free(out_p1, q);
 }
 
-void testKernelsFromSpvFile(std::string kernels_file,
-                            std::string fp16_kernel_file,
-                            std::string fp64_kernel_file) {
+void testKernels() {
   const auto getKernel =
       [](sycl::kernel_bundle<sycl::bundle_state::executable>& bundle,
          const std::string& name) {
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ void testKernelsFromSpvFile(std::string kernels_file,
       };
 
   sycl::queue q;
-  auto bundle = loadKernelsFromFile(q, kernels_file);
+  auto bundle = loadKernelsFromVector(q, kernels);
 
   // Test kernel retrieval functions.
   {
@@ -220,13 +216,13 @@ void testKernelsFromSpvFile(std::string kernels_file,
 
   // Test OpTypeFloat16 parameters.
   if (q.get_device().has(sycl::aspect::fp16)) {
-    auto fp16_bundle = loadKernelsFromFile(q, fp16_kernel_file);
+    auto fp16_bundle = loadKernelsFromVector(q, kernels_fp16);
     testParam<sycl::half>(q, getKernel(fp16_bundle, "OpTypeFloat16"));
   }
 
   // Test OpTypeFloat64 parameters.
   if (q.get_device().has(sycl::aspect::fp64)) {
-    auto fp64_bundle = loadKernelsFromFile(q, fp64_kernel_file);
+    auto fp64_bundle = loadKernelsFromVector(q, kernels_fp64);
     testParam<double>(q, getKernel(fp64_bundle, "OpTypeFloat64"));
   }
 
@@ -241,7 +237,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Test case for \"Kernel Compiler SPIR-V\" extension",
 #ifndef SYCL_EXT_ONEAPI_KERNEL_COMPILER_SPIRV
   SKIP("SYCL_EXT_ONEAPI_KERNEL_COMPILER_SPIRV is not defined");
 #else
-  testKernelsFromSpvFile(KERNELS_PATH, KERNELS_FP16_PATH, KERNELS_FP64_PATH);
+  testKernels();
 #endif
 }