diff --git a/internal/cloudapi/v2/compose_test.go b/internal/cloudapi/v2/compose_test.go
index f7f8dc7b78..bdb8ce1a8b 100644
--- a/internal/cloudapi/v2/compose_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloudapi/v2/compose_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
+	"io/fs"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/data/repositories"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/customizations/subscription"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/disk"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/distrofactory"
@@ -811,9 +813,9 @@ func TestGetImageRequests_NoRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 			Repositories:  []Repository{},
 		},
 	}
-	// NOTE: current directory is the location of this file, back up so it can use ./repositories/
-	rr, err := reporegistry.New([]string{"../../../"})
+	reposConf, err := reporegistry.LoadAllRepositoriesFromFS([]fs.FS{repos.FS})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	rr := reporegistry.NewFromDistrosRepoConfigs(reposConf)
 	got, err := request.GetImageRequests(distrofactory.NewDefault(), rr)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, got, 1)
@@ -837,9 +839,9 @@ func TestGetImageRequests_BlueprintDistro(t *testing.T) {
 			Distro: common.ToPtr("fedora-39"),
 		},
 	}
-	// NOTE: current directory is the location of this file, back up so it can use ./repositories/
-	rr, err := reporegistry.New([]string{"../../../"})
+	reposConf, err := reporegistry.LoadAllRepositoriesFromFS([]fs.FS{repos.FS})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	rr := reporegistry.NewFromDistrosRepoConfigs(reposConf)
 	got, err := request.GetImageRequests(distrofactory.NewDefault(), rr)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, got, 1)
diff --git a/osbuild-composer.spec b/osbuild-composer.spec
index f440ac653b..61f0ae1afb 100644
--- a/osbuild-composer.spec
+++ b/osbuild-composer.spec
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ install -m 0644 -vp vendor/github.com/osbuild/images/data/repositories/centos-*
 %else
 # All other CentOS versions support building for the same version
 install -m 0644 -vp vendor/github.com/osbuild/images/data/repositories/centos-%{centos}*                 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/osbuild-composer/repositories/
-install -m 0644 -vp vendor/github.com/osbuild/images/data/repositories/centos-stream-%{centos}*          %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/osbuild-composer/repositories/
+# centos-stream-* are symlinks
+cp -a repositories/centos-stream-%{centos}*          %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/osbuild-composer/repositories/
 %endif
 
 %else