diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8dbe9d070d..564af9b04f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
   - ( find out/${BUILD_TYPE} -name "*_*test" | while read i ; do $i || exit ; done )
-  - packager/app/test/packager_test.py -v --build_type ${BUILD_TYPE}
+  - out/${BUILD_TYPE}/packager_test.py -v
 
 before_deploy:
   - mv out/${BUILD_TYPE}/packager out/${BUILD_TYPE}/packager-${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}
diff --git a/packager/app/test/packager_app.py b/packager/app/test/packager_app.py
index 43306a747f..a5e9cd2c49 100644
--- a/packager/app/test/packager_app.py
+++ b/packager/app/test/packager_app.py
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ class PackagerApp(object):
   """Main integration class for testing the packager binary."""
 
   def __init__(self):
-    self.build_dir = os.path.join(test_env.OUT_DIR,
-                                  test_env.options.build_type)
-    self.binary = os.path.join(self.build_dir, 'packager')
-
-  def BuildSrc(self):
-    return subprocess.call(['ninja', '-C', self.build_dir])
+    self.binary = os.path.join(test_env.SCRIPT_DIR, 'packager')
+    assert os.path.exists(self.binary), ('Please run from output directory, '
+                                         'e.g. out/Debug/packager_test.py')
 
   def DumpStreamInfo(self, stream):
     input_str = 'input=%s' % stream
diff --git a/packager/app/test/packager_test.py b/packager/app/test/packager_test.py
index ade8cbe1cf..0991089e43 100755
--- a/packager/app/test/packager_test.py
+++ b/packager/app/test/packager_test.py
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ class PackagerAppTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def tearDown(self):
     shutil.rmtree(self.tmp_dir)
 
-  def testBuildingCode(self):
-    self.assertEqual(0, self.packager.BuildSrc())
-
   def testVersion(self):
     self.assertRegexpMatches(
         self.packager.Version(), '^edash-packager version '
diff --git a/packager/app/test/test_env.py b/packager/app/test/test_env.py
index bc4f86e715..b1ad15c8e6 100644
--- a/packager/app/test/test_env.py
+++ b/packager/app/test/test_env.py
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ import sys
 
 
 # Define static global objects and attributes.
-SRC_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../../..')
-OUT_DIR = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, os.getenv('builddir_name', 'out'))
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+SRC_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, os.pardir, os.pardir)
 
 # Parse arguments and calculate dynamic global objects and attributes.
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
-parser.add_argument('--build_type', default='Debug')
 parser.add_argument('--test_update_golden_files', default=0, type=int)
 
 aes = parser.add_argument_group(
diff --git a/packager/packager.gyp b/packager/packager.gyp
index e73bbedc73..6dbcf5f0b1 100644
--- a/packager/packager.gyp
+++ b/packager/packager.gyp
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@
         'testing/gtest.gyp:gtest',
       ],
     },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'packager_test_py_copy',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'copies': [{
+        'destination': '<(PRODUCT_DIR)',
+        'files': [
+          'app/test/packager_app.py',
+          'app/test/packager_test.py',
+          'app/test/test_env.py',
+        ],
+      }],
+      'dependencies': ['packager'],
+    },
     {
       'target_name': 'packager_builder_tests',
       'type': 'none',