diff --git a/hw/dv/data/common_sim_cfg.hjson b/hw/dv/data/common_sim_cfg.hjson
index 0f61816..c3b4614 100644
--- a/hw/dv/data/common_sim_cfg.hjson
+++ b/hw/dv/data/common_sim_cfg.hjson
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
   doc_server:       docs.opentitan.org
   results_server:   reports.opentitan.org
 
+  // Where to find DV code
+  dv_root:          "{proj_root}/hw/dv"
+
   flow:             sim
-  flow_makefile:    "{proj_root}/hw/dv/data/sim.mk"
+  flow_makefile:    "{dv_root}/data/sim.mk"
 
   import_cfgs:      ["{proj_root}/hw/data/common_project_cfg.hjson",
-                     "{proj_root}/hw/dv/data/common_modes.hjson",
-                     "{proj_root}/hw/dv/data/fusesoc.hjson",
-                     "{proj_root}/hw/dv/data/{tool}/{tool}.hjson"]
+                     "{dv_root}/data/common_modes.hjson",
+                     "{dv_root}/data/fusesoc.hjson",
+                     "{dv_root}/data/{tool}/{tool}.hjson"]
 
   // Default directory structure for the output
   build_dir:          "{scratch_path}/{build_mode}"
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@
   // Add waves.tcl to the set of sources to be copied over to
   // {tool_srcs_dir}. This can be sourced by the tool-specific TCL
   // script to set up wave dumping.
-  tool_srcs:  ["{proj_root}/hw/dv/tools/waves.tcl"],
+  tool_srcs:  ["{dv_root}/tools/waves.tcl"],
 
   // Project defaults for VCS
   vcs_cov_hier: "-cm_hier {tool_srcs_dir}/cover.cfg"
diff --git a/hw/dv/data/dsim/dsim.hjson b/hw/dv/data/dsim/dsim.hjson
index 43f7f97..54fb0a6 100644
--- a/hw/dv/data/dsim/dsim.hjson
+++ b/hw/dv/data/dsim/dsim.hjson
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   // Indicate the tool specific helper sources - these are copied over to the
   // {tool_srcs_dir} before running the simulation.
   // TODO, there is no dsim tool file, point to vcs for now to avoid error from script
-  tool_srcs:  ["{proj_root}/hw/dv/tools/vcs/*"]
+  tool_srcs:  ["{dv_root}/tools/vcs/*"]
 
   // TODO: refactor coverage configuration for DSim.
 
diff --git a/hw/dv/data/vcs/vcs.hjson b/hw/dv/data/vcs/vcs.hjson
index 39fe73a..3720d55 100644
--- a/hw/dv/data/vcs/vcs.hjson
+++ b/hw/dv/data/vcs/vcs.hjson
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   // Indicate the tool specific helper sources - these are copied over to the
   // {tool_srcs_dir} before running the simulation.
-  tool_srcs:  ["{proj_root}/hw/dv/tools/vcs/*"]
+  tool_srcs:  ["{dv_root}/tools/vcs/*"]
 
   build_opts: ["-sverilog -full64 -licqueue -kdb -ntb_opts uvm-1.2",
                "-timescale=1ns/1ps",
diff --git a/hw/dv/data/xcelium/xcelium.hjson b/hw/dv/data/xcelium/xcelium.hjson
index 9211647..090b349 100644
--- a/hw/dv/data/xcelium/xcelium.hjson
+++ b/hw/dv/data/xcelium/xcelium.hjson
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   // Indicate the tool specific helper sources - these are copied over to the
   // {tool_srcs_dir} before running the simulation.
-  tool_srcs:  ["{proj_root}/hw/dv/tools/xcelium/*"]
+  tool_srcs:  ["{dv_root}/tools/xcelium/*"]
 
   build_opts: ["-elaborate -64bit -access +r -sv",
                "-licqueue",