diff --git a/examples/WORKSPACE b/examples/WORKSPACE
index 7abd380e..6adf5474 100644
--- a/examples/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 workspace(name = "tink_cc_examples")
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-
-http_archive(
+local_repository(
     name = "tink_cc",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/tink-crypto/tink-cc/archive/main.zip"],
-    strip_prefix = "tink-cc-main",
+    path = "..",
 )
 
 # Load Tink dependencies.
diff --git a/kokoro/gcp_ubuntu/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh b/kokoro/gcp_ubuntu/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
index f5a277d3..54416575 100755
--- a/kokoro/gcp_ubuntu/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
+++ b/kokoro/gcp_ubuntu/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
@@ -25,33 +25,26 @@ set -euo pipefail
 #
 RUN_COMMAND_ARGS=()
 if [[ -n "${KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR:-}" ]]; then
-  readonly TINK_BASE_DIR="$(echo "${KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"/git*)"
-  cd "${TINK_BASE_DIR}/tink_cc"
-  source kokoro/testutils/cc_test_container_images.sh
+  TINK_BASE_DIR="$(echo "${KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"/git*)"
+  source "${TINK_BASE_DIR}/tink_cc/kokoro/testutils/cc_test_container_images.sh"
   CONTAINER_IMAGE="${TINK_CC_BASE_IMAGE}"
   RUN_COMMAND_ARGS+=( -k "${TINK_GCR_SERVICE_KEY}" )
 fi
+: "${TINK_BASE_DIR:=$(cd .. && pwd)}"
+readonly TINK_BASE_DIR
 readonly CONTAINER_IMAGE
 
+cd "${TINK_BASE_DIR}/tink_cc"
+
 if [[ -n "${CONTAINER_IMAGE}" ]]; then
   RUN_COMMAND_ARGS+=( -c "${CONTAINER_IMAGE}" )
 fi
 
-# Also build and test the examples using Bazel Modules.
+# Build and run tests using bzlmod.
 ./kokoro/testutils/run_command.sh "${RUN_COMMAND_ARGS[@]}" \
   ./kokoro/testutils/run_bazel_tests.sh -b "--enable_bzlmod" \
   -t "--enable_bzlmod" examples
 
-cp examples/WORKSPACE examples/WORKSPACE.bak
-
-# Run cleanup on EXIT.
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cleanup() {
-  mv examples/WORKSPACE.bak examples/WORKSPACE
-}
-
-./kokoro/testutils/replace_http_archive_with_local_repository.py \
-  -f examples/WORKSPACE -t "../.."
+# Build and run tests using the WORKSPACE file.
 ./kokoro/testutils/run_command.sh "${RUN_COMMAND_ARGS[@]}" \
   ./kokoro/testutils/run_bazel_tests.sh examples
diff --git a/kokoro/macos_external/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh b/kokoro/macos_external/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
index b9ac7964..b5a2ff38 100755
--- a/kokoro/macos_external/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
+++ b/kokoro/macos_external/examples/bazel/run_tests.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ -n "${KOKORO_ROOT:-}" ]]; then
   TINK_BASE_DIR="$(echo "${KOKORO_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"/git*)"
-  cd "${TINK_BASE_DIR}/tink_cc"
 fi
-
 : "${TINK_BASE_DIR:=$(cd .. && pwd)}"
+readonly TINK_BASE_DIR
+
+cd "${TINK_BASE_DIR}/tink_cc"
 
-cp "examples/WORKSPACE" "examples/WORKSPACE.bak"
-./kokoro/testutils/replace_http_archive_with_local_repository.py \
- -f "examples/WORKSPACE" -t "${TINK_BASE_DIR}"
 ./kokoro/testutils/run_bazel_tests.sh "examples"
-mv "examples/WORKSPACE.bak" "examples/WORKSPACE"