diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/serverconfig_test.go b/pkg/serverconfig/serverconfig_test.go
index eb2085dd0..2ce175bd8 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/serverconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/serverconfig_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import (
 
 var updateGolden = flag.Bool("update_golden", false, "Update golden *.want files")
 
+const secringPlaceholder = "/path/to/secring"
+
 func init() {
 	// Avoid Linux vs. OS X differences in tests.
 	serverconfig.SetTempDirFunc(func() string { return "/tmp" })
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ func configParser() *jsonconfig.ConfigParser {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			slurp := strings.Replace(string(slurpBytes), "/path/to/secring", secRing, 1)
+			slurp := strings.Replace(string(slurpBytes), secringPlaceholder, secRing, 1)
 			return namedReadSeeker{path, strings.NewReader(slurp)}, nil
 		},
 	}
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ func testConfig(name string, t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
+			secRing, err := filepath.Abs("../jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg")
+			contents = bytes.Replace(contents, []byte(secRing),
+				[]byte(secringPlaceholder), 1)
 			if err := ioutil.WriteFile(wantFile, contents, 0644); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/baseurl-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/baseurl-want.json
index 83837503b..9a9a7d404 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/baseurl-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/baseurl-want.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/default-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/default-want.json
index ae5256f32..fa0e99272 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/default-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/default-want.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/listenbase-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/listenbase-want.json
index 2ad3e5246..6fa1f708b 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/listenbase-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/listenbase-want.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mem-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mem-want.json
index 70a667361..4b566875b 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mem-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mem-want.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mongo-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mongo-want.json
index 98dab8852..93b3a4fc5 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mongo-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/mongo-want.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/sqlite-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/sqlite-want.json
index 479d40f60..cc92349f5 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/sqlite-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/sqlite-want.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/tls-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/tls-want.json
index b221a0c86..2c29c6974 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/tls-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/tls-want.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_blog-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_blog-want.json
index 57b8c5630..ac748a486 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_blog-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_blog-want.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_gallery-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
index 8b104e10c..65d13630d 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_gallery-want.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {
diff --git a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_sourceroot-want.json b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_sourceroot-want.json
index 87e79056a..fa1b83251 100644
--- a/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_sourceroot-want.json
+++ b/pkg/serverconfig/testdata/with_sourceroot-want.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 			"handlerArgs": {
 				"keyId": "26F5ABDA",
 				"publicKeyDest": "/bs-and-index/",
-				"secretRing": "/Users/bradfitz/src/camlistore.org/pkg/jsonsign/testdata/test-secring.gpg"
+				"secretRing": "/path/to/secring"
 			}
 		},
 		"/status/": {