diff --git a/p2p/simulations/cmd/p2psim/main.go b/cmd/p2psim/main.go
similarity index 100%
rename from p2p/simulations/cmd/p2psim/main.go
rename to cmd/p2psim/main.go
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/README.md b/p2p/simulations/README.md
index 4f495c37db..d1f8649eae 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/README.md
+++ b/p2p/simulations/README.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ID.
 ## Command line client
 
 `p2psim` is a command line client for the HTTP API, located in
-`p2p/simulations/cmd/p2psim`.
+`cmd/p2psim`.
 
 It provides the following commands:
 
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.sh b/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.sh
index 4d7bd06a80..47936bd9a0 100755
--- a/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.sh
+++ b/p2p/simulations/examples/ping-pong.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 
 main() {
   if ! which p2psim &>/dev/null; then
-    fail "missing p2psim binary (you need to build p2p/simulations/cmd/p2psim and put it in \$PATH)"
+    fail "missing p2psim binary (you need to build cmd/p2psim and put it in \$PATH)"
   fi
 
   info "creating 10 nodes"