diff --git a/__root__/doc/HACKING b/__root__/doc/HACKING
index 058dc0b..8b32606 100644
--- a/__root__/doc/HACKING
+++ b/__root__/doc/HACKING
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ Interactive/exploratory use: IPython and friends
 
 For top-level modules, following prologue can be used:
 
-    import os.path as op; execfile(op.join('tests', '_bootstrap.py'))
+    execfile('_go')
 
 or alternatively add this command-line option to ipython invocation:
 
-    ipython --InteractiveShellApp.exec_files='["tests/_bootstrap.py"]'
+    ipython --InteractiveShellApp.exec_files='["_go"]'
 
 and from now on, one can use relative imports conveniently:
 
diff --git a/__root__/run-dev b/__root__/run-dev
index b74ba3c..a63388d 100755
--- a/__root__/run-dev
+++ b/__root__/run-dev
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ script_path = get_script_path()
 real_script_path = realpath(script_path)
 
 
-if __name__ != '__main__':
-    # when execfile'd from tests, verbose logging desired
+if (basename(real_script_path) != basename(sys.path[0])
+    and 'LOGSKIP' not in globals()):
+    # when execfile'd from tests or so, verbose logging desired
     from os import environ
     import logging
     logging.basicConfig()
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ if __package__ not in sys.modules:
     sys.modules[__package__] = pkg
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if basename(script_path) == 'run-dev':
+    if basename(real_script_path) == basename(sys.argv[0]):  # __file__ undef?
         from .main import run
         sys.exit(run(sys.argv))
 
diff --git a/_go b/_go
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a0e026e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run-dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_bootstrap.py b/tests/_bootstrap.py
deleted file mode 120000
index 6a45d62..0000000
--- a/tests/_bootstrap.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../run-dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_common.py b/tests/_common.py
index 5b63be5..77dc11a 100644
--- a/tests/_common.py
+++ b/tests/_common.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
diff --git a/tests/_go b/tests/_go
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..38c3a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../_go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_bootstart.py b/tests/_gone
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/_bootstart.py
rename to tests/_gone
diff --git a/tests/ccs2coroxml.py b/tests/ccs2coroxml.py
index 380a1a4..5aebc8a 100644
--- a/tests/ccs2coroxml.py
+++ b/tests/ccs2coroxml.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ def test01(self):
         print out_obj('bytestring')
 
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/ccs2needle_xslt.py b/tests/ccs2needle_xslt.py
index f11ac5e..42c8ca3 100644
--- a/tests/ccs2needle_xslt.py
+++ b/tests/ccs2needle_xslt.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing destilling XSLT from the sparse tree-organized snippets"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@ def testXSLTTemplate2(self):
         assert not isinstance(r, list)
 
 
-
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/command.py b/tests/command.py
index e83f4e0..a2f2be9 100644
--- a/tests/command.py
+++ b/tests/command.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing command"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ def cmd_chain_nonmatch_03(cmd_ctxt,
             continue
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/command_context.py b/tests/command_context.py
index b8ac0c1..1fe2925 100644
--- a/tests/command_context.py
+++ b/tests/command_context.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing command context"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ def testPreventedTaintTransitive(self):
             self.assertTrue(ccb['a']['b'] == 43)
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/command_manager.py b/tests/command_manager.py
index d346cba..685629d 100644
--- a/tests/command_manager.py
+++ b/tests/command_manager.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing command manager"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def test_default(self):
             self.assertEqual(cls, type(commands[cls.name]))
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/filter.py b/tests/filter.py
index da36e20..1e31d7b 100644
--- a/tests/filter.py
+++ b/tests/filter.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing filter"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ def testXSLTTemplate(self):
         self.assertTrue(ret == RESULT_DIRECT_XSLT)
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/filter_manager.py b/tests/filter_manager.py
index b72af44..36773da 100644
--- a/tests/filter_manager.py
+++ b/tests/filter_manager.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing filter manager"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ def test_run_double_ccs2ccsflat(self):
                              norm_whitespace(f.read()))
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/format.py b/tests/format.py
index 7691905..2eeb569 100644
--- a/tests/format.py
+++ b/tests/format.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing format"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from os.path import dirname, join
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ def testRngExplicitValidationFail(self):
         self.assertTrue(entries)
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/format_manager.py b/tests/format_manager.py
index 9478ccd..0fb560f 100644
--- a/tests/format_manager.py
+++ b/tests/format_manager.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing format manager"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ def test_injection(self):
             self.assertEqual(fmt_cls, formats[fmt_id])
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/run_cmd.py b/tests/run_cmd.py
index 7e701b5..0d83bfd 100644
--- a/tests/run_cmd.py
+++ b/tests/run_cmd.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing direct command run (e.g., when clufter used as a library)"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ def testCcs2PcsNeedleBetter(self):
         #pprint(outputs['coro']['passout'])
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index cb14208..d779763 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing utils module"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ def test_generator(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(varnames), 2)
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/utils_cib.py b/tests/utils_cib.py
index d739a66..6e8ac9f 100644
--- a/tests/utils_cib.py
+++ b/tests/utils_cib.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing CIB helpers"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ def test_xsl_attrs_systemd(self):
         self.assertTrue(rs.res_type == 'smb')
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))
diff --git a/tests/utils_xml.py b/tests/utils_xml.py
index ab36c57..681b8a7 100644
--- a/tests/utils_xml.py
+++ b/tests/utils_xml.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Testing XML helpers"""
 __author__ = "Jan Pokorný <jpokorny @at@ Red Hat .dot. com>"
 
-import os.path as op; execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstrap.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(d((__file__))), '_go'))
 
 
 from unittest import TestCase
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ def test_rng_pivot(self):
             self.assertTrue(etree.tostring(et) == expected)
 
 
-execfile(op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '_bootstart.py'))
+from os.path import join, dirname as d; execfile(join(d(__file__), '_gone'))