diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab7e29a82d1..8c8618d4b12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3306,6 +3306,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "clap 3.1.6",
  "hex",
+ "lazy-static-include",
  "near-primitives",
  "near-primitives-core",
  "near-test-contracts",
diff --git a/testdata/example-config-gc.json b/nearcore/res/example-config-gc.json
similarity index 100%
rename from testdata/example-config-gc.json
rename to nearcore/res/example-config-gc.json
diff --git a/testdata/example-config-no-gc.json b/nearcore/res/example-config-no-gc.json
similarity index 100%
rename from testdata/example-config-no-gc.json
rename to nearcore/res/example-config-no-gc.json
diff --git a/nearcore/src/config.rs b/nearcore/src/config.rs
index 67fb844083e..a5552991e38 100644
--- a/nearcore/src/config.rs
+++ b/nearcore/src/config.rs
@@ -1441,10 +1441,12 @@ fn test_init_config_localnet() {
 /// correctly parsed and defaults being applied correctly applied.
 #[test]
 fn test_config_from_file() {
-    for (has_gc, data) in [
-        (true, include_bytes!("../../testdata/example-config-gc.json").as_slice()),
-        (false, include_bytes!("../../testdata/example-config-no-gc.json").as_slice()),
-    ] {
+    lazy_static_include::lazy_static_include_bytes! {
+        EXAMPLE_CONFIG_GC => "res/example-config-gc.json",
+        EXAMPLE_CONFIG_NO_GC => "res/example-config-no-gc.json",
+    };
+
+    for (has_gc, data) in [(true, &EXAMPLE_CONFIG_GC[..]), (false, &EXAMPLE_CONFIG_NO_GC[..])] {
         let tmp = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
         tmp.as_file().write_all(data).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/Cargo.toml b/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/Cargo.toml
index aadb4376b4b..0f0d376108a 100644
--- a/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 clap = { version = "3.1.6", features = ["derive"] }
 base64 = "0.13"
+lazy-static-include = "3"
 num-rational = "0.3"
 tracing-span-tree = "0.1"
 
diff --git a/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/src/script.rs b/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/src/script.rs
index 616ed067255..a43ad6561ed 100644
--- a/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/src/script.rs
+++ b/runtime/near-vm-runner-standalone/src/script.rs
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ fn profile_data_is_per_outcome() {
 #[cfg(feature = "no_cache")]
 #[test]
 fn test_evm_slow_deserialize_repro() {
+    lazy_static_include::lazy_static_include_bytes! {
+        ZOMBIE_OWNERSHIP_BIN => "../near-test-contracts/res/ZombieOwnership.bin",
+    };
+
     fn evm_slow_deserialize_repro(vm_kind: VMKind) {
         println!("evm_slow_deserialize_repro of {:?}", &vm_kind);
         tracing_span_tree::span_tree().enable();
@@ -262,10 +266,7 @@ fn test_evm_slow_deserialize_repro() {
         let contract =
             script.contract_from_file(Path::new("../near-test-contracts/res/near_evm.wasm"));
 
-        let input =
-            hex::decode(&include_bytes!("../../near-test-contracts/res/ZombieOwnership.bin"))
-                .unwrap();
-
+        let input = hex::decode(&ZOMBIE_OWNERSHIP_BIN[..]).unwrap();
         script.step(contract, "deploy_code").input(input).repeat(3);
         let res = script.run();
         assert_eq!(res.outcomes[0].error(), None);