diff --git a/test/standalone/dirname/exists_in.zig b/test/standalone/dirname/exists_in.zig
index 6730200b3f..7aec1f423d 100644
--- a/test/standalone/dirname/exists_in.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/dirname/exists_in.zig
@@ -29,17 +29,12 @@ fn run(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
         return error.BadUsage;
     };
 
-    if (!std.fs.path.isAbsolute(dir_path)) {
-        std.log.err("expected <dir> to be an absolute path", .{});
-        return error.BadUsage;
-    }
-
     const relpath = args.next() orelse {
         std.log.err("missing <path> argument", .{});
         return error.BadUsage;
     };
 
-    var dir = try std.fs.openDirAbsolute(dir_path, .{});
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(dir_path, .{});
     defer dir.close();
 
     _ = try dir.statFile(relpath);
diff --git a/test/standalone/dirname/has_basename.zig b/test/standalone/dirname/has_basename.zig
index 84f473a07c..49eefa3b48 100644
--- a/test/standalone/dirname/has_basename.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/dirname/has_basename.zig
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ fn run(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
         return error.BadUsage;
     };
 
-    if (!std.fs.path.isAbsolute(path)) {
-        std.log.err("path must be absolute", .{});
-        return error.BadUsage;
-    }
-
     const basename = args.next() orelse {
         std.log.err("missing <basename> argument", .{});
         return error.BadUsage;
diff --git a/test/standalone/dirname/touch.zig b/test/standalone/dirname/touch.zig
index 3ca714a3af..43fcabf91e 100644
--- a/test/standalone/dirname/touch.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/dirname/touch.zig
@@ -26,15 +26,10 @@ fn run(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
         return error.BadUsage;
     };
 
-    if (!std.fs.path.isAbsolute(path)) {
-        std.log.err("path must be absolute: {s}", .{path});
-        return error.BadUsage;
-    }
-
     const dir_path = std.fs.path.dirname(path) orelse unreachable;
     const basename = std.fs.path.basename(path);
 
-    var dir = try std.fs.openDirAbsolute(dir_path, .{});
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(dir_path, .{});
     defer dir.close();
 
     _ = dir.statFile(basename) catch {
diff --git a/test/standalone/run_output_caching/main.zig b/test/standalone/run_output_caching/main.zig
index f801971e83..e4e6332f11 100644
--- a/test/standalone/run_output_caching/main.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/run_output_caching/main.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var args = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(std.heap.page_allocator);
     _ = args.skip();
     const filename = args.next().?;
-    const file = try std.fs.createFileAbsolute(filename, .{});
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(filename, .{});
     defer file.close();
     try file.writeAll(filename);
 }
diff --git a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
index 7bc36df8fe..dac5891ba8 100644
--- a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     const exe_path = it.next() orelse unreachable;
     const symlink_path = it.next() orelse unreachable;
 
-    try std.fs.cwd().symLink(exe_path, symlink_path, .{});
+    // If `exe_path` is relative to our cwd, we need to convert it to be relative to the dirname of `symlink_path`.
+    const exe_rel_path = try std.fs.path.relative(allocator, std.fs.path.dirname(symlink_path) orelse ".", exe_path);
+    defer allocator.free(exe_rel_path);
+    try std.fs.cwd().symLink(exe_rel_path, symlink_path, .{});
 }