diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d824b11f3ed7ff1f1dc72b18f8b0947ec5b892b0..fa312b8b4a1deb55247ff853ef6636ab0ad916e9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ stages:
 
 .check-for-testvectors: &check-for-testvectors
   # check if the testvector files specified in scripts/config/ci_linux*.json are present
-  - python3 -m pytest tests/ci/test_vectors_available.py
+  - python3 -m pytest ci/test_vectors_available.py
 
 .merge-request-comparison-setup-codec:
   &merge-request-comparison-setup-codec ### build test binaries, initial clean for paranoia reasons
diff --git a/tests/ci/test_vectors_available.py b/ci/test_vectors_available.py
similarity index 87%
rename from tests/ci/test_vectors_available.py
rename to ci/test_vectors_available.py
index 42a9945d82500d7c47f0ad602f699231d5385ad6..ecff222fdf2ce48c81ff076198a6d66253adf7a0 100644
--- a/tests/ci/test_vectors_available.py
+++ b/ci/test_vectors_available.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pathlib
 import json
 import itertools
 
-TEST_CONFIG_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath("scripts/config")
+TEST_CONFIG_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath("scripts/config")
 TEST_CONFIGS = [f for f in TEST_CONFIG_DIR.iterdir() if f.name.startswith("ci_linux")]
 
 def get_testvectors_from_config(config) -> list: