diff --git a/t b/t
index 57b62377..b943d74b 100755
--- a/t
+++ b/t
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # shortcut script for running the SJS test suite
 set -eu
-here="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 "$here/sjs" "$here/test/run.html" "$@"