diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 9cf076b1a0..abd53f6afb 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
             resolve: {
                 alias: {
                     'matrix-react-sdk': path.resolve('src/index.js'),
-                    'test-component-index': path.resolve('test/test-component-index.js'),
                 },
             },
             devtool: 'inline-source-map',
diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
index f5b9c36199..3eec9ae8ee 100644
--- a/test/tests.js
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 // this is a handly place to make sure the sdk has been skinned
 var sdk = require("matrix-react-sdk");
-sdk.loadSkin(require('test-component-index'));
+sdk.loadSkin(require('./test-component-index'));
 
 var context = require.context('.', true, /-test\.jsx?$/);
 context.keys().forEach(context);