diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8430972..cbda44d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9076,7 +9076,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "mimalloc",
  "normpath",
- "once_cell",
  "path-slash",
  "rayon",
  "revive-common",
diff --git a/crates/resolc/Cargo.toml b/crates/resolc/Cargo.toml
index 1272790..c65b525 100644
--- a/crates/resolc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/resolc/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
 inkwell = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-once_cell = { workspace = true }
 path-slash = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 semver = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/resolc/src/process/native_process.rs b/crates/resolc/src/process/native_process.rs
index d99e064..85a1632 100644
--- a/crates/resolc/src/process/native_process.rs
+++ b/crates/resolc/src/process/native_process.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
-use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use revive_common::deserialize_from_slice;
 use revive_common::EXIT_CODE_SUCCESS;
 use revive_solc_json_interface::standard_json::output::error::source_location::SourceLocation;
@@ -16,8 +17,12 @@ use super::Input;
 use super::Output;
 use super::Process;
 
-/// The overriden executable name used when the compiler is run as a library.
-pub static EXECUTABLE: OnceCell<PathBuf> = OnceCell::new();
+/// The default executable path, lazily initialized from the current binary.
+static DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE: LazyLock<PathBuf> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| std::env::current_exe().expect("Should have an executable"));
+
+/// Override for the executable path, used when the compiler is run as a library.
+pub static EXECUTABLE: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 
 pub struct NativeProcess;
 
@@ -61,10 +66,7 @@ impl Process for NativeProcess {
         I: Serialize,
         O: DeserializeOwned,
     {
-        let executable = EXECUTABLE
-            .get()
-            .cloned()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::current_exe().expect("Should have an executable"));
+        let executable = EXECUTABLE.get().unwrap_or(&DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE);
         let mut command = Command::new(executable.as_path());
         command.stdin(std::process::Stdio::piped());
         command.stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped());
diff --git a/crates/resolc/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/resolc/src/test_utils.rs
index 61a55fb..d54330a 100644
--- a/crates/resolc/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/resolc/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use revive_common::MetadataHash;
 use revive_llvm_context::initialize_llvm;
 use revive_llvm_context::DebugConfig;
@@ -24,16 +22,19 @@ use revive_solc_json_interface::SolcStandardJsonInputSettingsSelection;
 use revive_solc_json_interface::SolcStandardJsonInputSource;
 use revive_solc_json_interface::SolcStandardJsonOutput;
 use revive_solc_json_interface::SolcStandardJsonOutputErrorHandler;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use crate::project::Project;
 use crate::solc::solc_compiler::SolcCompiler;
 use crate::solc::Compiler;
 
-static PVM_BLOB_CACHE: Lazy<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> = Lazy::new(Default::default);
-static EVM_BLOB_CACHE: Lazy<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> = Lazy::new(Default::default);
-static EVM_RUNTIME_BLOB_CACHE: Lazy<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> =
-    Lazy::new(Default::default);
-static YUL_IR_CACHE: Lazy<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, String>>> = Lazy::new(Default::default);
+static PVM_BLOB_CACHE: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+static EVM_BLOB_CACHE: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+static EVM_RUNTIME_BLOB_CACHE: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, Vec<u8>>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(Default::default);
+static YUL_IR_CACHE: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<CachedBlob, String>>> = LazyLock::new(Default::default);
 
 const DEBUG_CONFIG: revive_llvm_context::DebugConfig = DebugConfig::new(None, true);
 
@@ -78,9 +79,6 @@ pub fn build_solidity_with_options(
     inkwell::support::enable_llvm_pretty_stack_trace();
     initialize_llvm(PolkaVMTarget::PVM, crate::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME, &[]);
 
-    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE
-        .set(PathBuf::from(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME));
-
     let solc = SolcCompiler::new(SolcCompiler::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME.to_owned())?;
     let solc_version = solc.version()?;
 
@@ -146,9 +144,6 @@ pub fn build_solidity_with_options_evm(
     check_dependencies();
     inkwell::support::enable_llvm_pretty_stack_trace();
     initialize_llvm(PolkaVMTarget::PVM, crate::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME, &[]);
-    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE
-        .set(PathBuf::from(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME));
-
     let solc = SolcCompiler::new(SolcCompiler::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME.to_owned())?;
     let mut input = SolcStandardJsonInput::try_from_solidity_sources(
         None,
@@ -204,9 +199,6 @@ pub fn build_solidity_and_detect_missing_libraries<T: ToString>(
 
     inkwell::support::enable_llvm_pretty_stack_trace();
     initialize_llvm(PolkaVMTarget::PVM, crate::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME, &[]);
-    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE
-        .set(PathBuf::from(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME));
-
     let solc = SolcCompiler::new(SolcCompiler::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME.to_owned())?;
     let solc_version = solc.version()?;
     let mut input = SolcStandardJsonInput::try_from_solidity_sources(
@@ -249,9 +241,6 @@ pub fn build_yul<T: ToString + Display>(
     inkwell::support::enable_llvm_pretty_stack_trace();
     initialize_llvm(PolkaVMTarget::PVM, crate::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME, &[]);
 
-    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE
-        .set(PathBuf::from(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME));
-
     let mut build = Project::try_from_yul_sources(
         sources
             .iter()
@@ -298,9 +287,6 @@ pub fn build_yul_standard_json(
     inkwell::support::enable_llvm_pretty_stack_trace();
     initialize_llvm(PolkaVMTarget::PVM, crate::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME, &[]);
 
-    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE
-        .set(PathBuf::from(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME));
-
     let solc = SolcCompiler::new(SolcCompiler::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME.to_owned())?;
     let mut output = solc.validate_yul_standard_json(&mut solc_input, &mut vec![])?;
     if output.has_errors() {
@@ -427,6 +413,8 @@ pub fn sources<T: ToString>(sources: &[(T, T)]) -> BTreeMap<String, SolcStandard
 }
 
 /// Checks if the required executables are present in `${PATH}`.
+/// Also initializes the resolc executable path for subprocess spawning,
+/// since `std::env::current_exe()` returns the test runner binary in tests.
 fn check_dependencies() {
     for executable in [
         crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME,
@@ -439,6 +427,10 @@ fn check_dependencies() {
             "The `{executable}` executable not found in ${{PATH}}"
         );
     }
+
+    let _ = crate::process::native_process::EXECUTABLE.set(
+        which::which(crate::r#const::DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE_NAME).expect("resolc should be in ${PATH}"),
+    );
 }
 
 /// The internal EVM bytecode compile helper.