diff --git a/test-crates/with-data/check_installed/check_installed.py b/test-crates/with-data/check_installed/check_installed.py
index 1437ef6d9..f43fb6050 100644
--- a/test-crates/with-data/check_installed/check_installed.py
+++ b/test-crates/with-data/check_installed/check_installed.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 
 assert with_data.lib.one() == 1
 assert with_data.ffi.string(with_data.lib.say_hello()).decode() == "hello"
-venv_root = Path(with_data.__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
-installed_data = (
-    venv_root.joinpath("data_subdir").joinpath("hello.txt").read_text().strip()
-)
-assert installed_data == "Hi! 😊"
+
+venv_root = Path(sys.prefix)
+
 try:
+    installed_data = (
+        venv_root.joinpath("data_subdir").joinpath("hello.txt").read_text().strip()
+    )
+    assert installed_data == "Hi! 😊"
     header_file = (
         venv_root.joinpath("include")
         .joinpath("site")
@@ -19,7 +21,9 @@
         .joinpath("empty.h")
     )
     assert header_file.is_file(), header_file
-except AssertionError:
+except (AssertionError, FileNotFoundError):
+    print("__file__", __file__)
+    print("venv_root", venv_root)
     # Debugging help
     for i in sorted(venv_root.glob("**/*")):
         print(i)