diff --git a/playbooks/refstack-client-devstack.yaml b/playbooks/refstack-client-devstack.yaml
index 710cc96..7b1b274 100644
--- a/playbooks/refstack-client-devstack.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/refstack-client-devstack.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
     - name: Run ansible-role-refstack-client
       include_tasks: ../tasks/main.yaml
       vars:
-        refstack_client_source: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/osf/refstack-client'].src_dir }}"
-        # the task which installs refstack-client changes dir to the refstack-client's
-        # location, python-tempestconf is in the same org (osf) so it's cloned
-        # just one level up by the zuul
-        tempestconf_source: "../python-tempestconf"
+        refstack_client_source: "/home/zuul/{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/osf/refstack-client'].src_dir }}"
+        tempestconf_source: "/home/zuul/{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/osf/python-tempestconf'].    src_dir }}"
         source_credentials: "{{ devstack_base_dir }}/devstack/openrc demo demo"
         source_admin_credentials: "{{ devstack_base_dir }}/devstack/openrc admin admin"
         additional_tempestconf_params: "auth.tempest_roles Member object-storage.operator_role Member"
diff --git a/tasks/generate-accounts.yaml b/tasks/generate-accounts.yaml
index deac8a6..c926663 100644
--- a/tasks/generate-accounts.yaml
+++ b/tasks/generate-accounts.yaml
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@
 
 - name: Set path to newly generated accounts.yaml
   set_fact:
-    path_to_accounts_file: "./etc/accounts.yaml"
+    path_to_accounts_file: "{{ refstack_client_source }}/etc/accounts.yaml"
diff --git a/tasks/generate-tempestconf.yaml b/tasks/generate-tempestconf.yaml
index b080608..dca3736 100644
--- a/tasks/generate-tempestconf.yaml
+++ b/tasks/generate-tempestconf.yaml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 
 - name: Set path to newly generated tempest.conf
   set_fact:
-    path_to_tempest_config: "./etc/tempest.conf"
+    path_to_tempest_config: "{{ refstack_client_source }}/etc/tempest.conf"
diff --git a/tasks/post-tasks.yaml b/tasks/post-tasks.yaml
index 766fccb..78eb376 100644
--- a/tasks/post-tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks/post-tasks.yaml
@@ -69,13 +69,9 @@
         src: "{{ path_to_tempest_config }}"
         dest: "{{ dest_dir }}/tempest.conf"
         flat: true
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ refstack_client_source }}"
 
     - name: Download accounts.yaml file
       fetch:
         src: "{{ path_to_accounts_file }}"
         dest: "{{ dest_dir }}/accounts.yaml"
         flat: true
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ refstack_client_source }}"