diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6027903de217b6516f96a67df22473728da25f44..2c4d7e6d820e3550af109faa57575bc187f3cd9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ use for this. Instructions can be found in the official LinkAhead
     `scripting/bin-debug`.
 - Modify `pylinkahead.ini.template` and save it as `pylinkahead.ini`, taking care of the following points:
   - Certificates must be valid and be specified in `pylinkahead.ini`.
-  - Server-side scripting paths must be given, otherwise server-side scripting will be omitted.
-	- The local path `test_server_side_scripting.bin_dir.local` should point to a
-	  `linkahead-server/scripting/bin` somwhere.
-	- The remote path `test_server_side_scripting.bin_dir.server` should probably be something like
-	  `/opt/caosdb/git/caosdb-server/scripting/bin-debug`.
-  - Paths for the file tests must exist, or be creatable by the testing script and the server.
+  - Server-side scripting paths must be given, otherwise server-side
+	scripting will be omitted. The remote path
+	`test_server_side_scripting.bin_dir.server` should probably be
+	something like
+	`/opt/caosdb/git/caosdb-server/scripting/bin-debug`.
+  - Paths for the file tests must exist, or be creatable by the
+    testing script and the server.
 
 ### Run the tests
 
diff --git a/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py b/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
index e0f60b1f6dae66800adf7652dcd703293261226e..456461ea34599198841f7a2394b9cc5ef9eebb50 100644
--- a/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
+++ b/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ from pytest import mark, raises
 
 _TEST_SCRIPTS = ["not_executable", "ok", "err", "ok_anonymous"]
 
-try:
-    _SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL = get_config().get(
-        "IntegrationTests",
-        "test_server_side_scripting.bin_dir.local")
-except Exception:
-    _SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 try:
     _SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_SERVER = get_config().get(
         "IntegrationTests",
@@ -108,25 +102,6 @@ def setup_module():
         "SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIRS")
     clean_database()
 
-    from os import makedirs
-    from os.path import exists, isdir, join
-    from shutil import copyfile, copymode
-    print("bin dir (local): " + str(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL))
-    print("bin dir (server): " + str(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_SERVER))
-    print("tests scripts: " + str(_TEST_SCRIPTS))
-
-    if not exists(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL):
-        makedirs(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL)
-        _REMOVE_FILES_AFTERWARDS.append(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL)
-    assert isdir(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL)
-
-    for script_file in _TEST_SCRIPTS:
-        target = join(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL, script_file)
-        src = join(_TEST_SCRIPTS_DIR, script_file)
-        copyfile(src, target)
-        copymode(src, target)
-        _REMOVE_FILES_AFTERWARDS.append(target)
-
 
 def teardown_module():
     from os import remove
@@ -432,20 +407,16 @@ def test_anonymous_script_calling_success():
 
 @mark.local_server
 def test_evil_path():
-    subdir = os.path.join(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL, "subdir")
+    """Test that we can't "escape" from the defined bin dirs, i.e.,
+    can't execute scripts in arbitrary locations.
+
+    """
 
-    if not os.path.exists(subdir):
-        os.makedirs(subdir)
-        _REMOVE_FILES_AFTERWARDS.append(subdir)
+    # Set SSS bin dir to "subdir" sub directory
     admin.set_server_property("SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIRS",
                               os.path.join(_SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_SERVER,
                                            "subdir"))
-
-    # ok exists one level up from "subdir"
-    assert os.path.exists(
-        os.path.join(
-            _SERVER_SIDE_SCRIPTING_BIN_DIR_LOCAL,
-            "ok"))
-
+    # The parent directory is not in the list of SSS bin dirs, so the
+    # server must not allow the execution of ok.
     with raises(HTTPResourceNotFoundError):
         r = run_server_side_script("../ok")