diff --git a/swarm/storage/binarymerkle_test.go b/swarm/storage/binarymerkle_test.go
index b27d5a4ea1..84286902ab 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/binarymerkle_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/binarymerkle_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestGetHeight2(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBuildBMT(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Grab some data to make the tree out of, and partition
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata") // assume testdata exists
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("binarymerkle_test.go") // assume testdata exists
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return
diff --git a/swarm/storage/testdata b/swarm/storage/testdata
deleted file mode 100644
index 28d14454c3..0000000000
--- a/swarm/storage/testdata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-123456789