diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/BUILD.bazel b/go/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
similarity index 63%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
rename to go/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
index 3c5a0acd71..67dedc9c79 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/go/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
 
 go_library(
     name = "runfiles",
@@ -23,29 +23,10 @@ go_library(
         "manifest.go",
         "runfiles.go",
     ],
-    importpath = "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles",
+    importpath = "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-go_test(
-    name = "runfiles_test",
-    srcs = [
-        "fs_test.go",
-        "runfiles_test.go",
-    ],
-    data = [
-        "test.txt",
-        "//go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog",
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles",
-    ],
-    deps = [":runfiles"],
-)
-
-exports_files(
-    ["test.txt"],
-    visibility = ["//go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog:__pkg__"],
-)
-
 alias(
     name = "go_default_library",
     actual = ":runfiles",
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/directory.go b/go/runfiles/directory.go
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/directory.go
rename to go/runfiles/directory.go
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/fs.go b/go/runfiles/fs.go
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/fs.go
rename to go/runfiles/fs.go
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/global.go b/go/runfiles/global.go
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/global.go
rename to go/runfiles/global.go
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/manifest.go b/go/runfiles/manifest.go
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/manifest.go
rename to go/runfiles/manifest.go
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/runfiles.go b/go/runfiles/runfiles.go
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/runfiles.go
rename to go/runfiles/runfiles.go
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles.go b/go/tools/bazel/runfiles.go
index 6a0ba787f3..a2ac11d81c 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles.go
+++ b/go/tools/bazel/runfiles.go
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ const (
 // binaries invoked with 'bazel run'. On Windows,
 // only tests invoked with 'bazel test' are supported.
 //
-// Deprecated: Use github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles
-// instead for cross-platform support matching the behavior of the
-// Bazel-provided runfiles libraries.
+// Deprecated: Use github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles instead for
+// cross-platform support matching the behavior of the Bazel-provided runfiles
+// libraries.
 func Runfile(path string) (string, error) {
 	// Search in working directory
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
diff --git a/tests/runfiles/BUILD.bazel b/tests/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99334bafef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runfiles/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_test")
+
+go_test(
+    name = "runfiles_test",
+    srcs = [
+        "fs_test.go",
+        "runfiles_test.go",
+    ],
+    data = [
+        "test.txt",
+        "//tests/runfiles/testprog",
+        "@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//go/runfiles",
+    ],
+)
+
+exports_files(
+    ["test.txt"],
+    visibility = ["//tests/runfiles/testprog:__pkg__"],
+)
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/fs_test.go b/tests/runfiles/fs_test.go
similarity index 89%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/fs_test.go
rename to tests/runfiles/fs_test.go
index 9594b161b5..82e79564fa 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/fs_test.go
+++ b/tests/runfiles/fs_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
 
-	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles"
+	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 )
 
 func TestFS(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ func TestFS(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		// Currently the result of
 		//
-		//  fsys.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt")
+		//  fsys.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/runfiles/test.txt")
 		//  fsys.Path("bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash")
-		//  fsys.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/testprog")
+		//  fsys.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/runfiles/testprog/testprog")
 		//
 		// would be a full path like these
 		//
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ func TestFS(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	expected1 := "io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt"
-	expected2 := "io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/testprog_/testprog"
+	expected1 := "io_bazel_rules_go/tests/runfiles/test.txt"
+	expected2 := "io_bazel_rules_go/tests/runfiles/testprog/testprog_/testprog"
 	expected3 := "bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash"
 	if err := fstest.TestFS(fsys, expected1, expected2, expected3); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/runfiles_test.go b/tests/runfiles/runfiles_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/runfiles_test.go
rename to tests/runfiles/runfiles_test.go
index c4852bee9b..fd09a137b7 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/runfiles_test.go
+++ b/tests/runfiles/runfiles_test.go
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles"
+	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 )
 
 func TestPath_FileLookup(t *testing.T) {
-	path, err := runfiles.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt")
+	path, err := runfiles.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/tests/runfiles/test.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestPath_SubprocessRunfilesLookup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// The binary “testprog” is itself built with Bazel, and needs
 	// runfiles.
-	testprogRpath := "io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/testprog_/testprog"
+	testprogRpath := "io_bazel_rules_go/tests/runfiles/testprog/testprog_/testprog"
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		testprogRpath += ".exe"
 	}
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt b/tests/runfiles/test.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt
rename to tests/runfiles/test.txt
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel b/tests/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel
similarity index 77%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel
rename to tests/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel
index 46958bdb1a..2eee947a98 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tests/runfiles/testprog/BUILD.bazel
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_binary", "go_library")
 go_library(
     name = "testprog_lib",
     srcs = ["main.go"],
-    importpath = "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog",
+    importpath = "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/tests/runfiles/testprog",
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-    deps = ["//go/tools/bazel/runfiles"],
+    deps = ["//go/runfiles"],
 )
 
 go_binary(
     name = "testprog",
-    data = ["//go/tools/bazel/runfiles:test.txt"],
+    data = ["//tests/runfiles:test.txt"],
     embed = [":testprog_lib"],
-    visibility = ["//go/tools/bazel/runfiles:__pkg__"],
+    visibility = ["//tests/runfiles:__pkg__"],
 )
diff --git a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/main.go b/tests/runfiles/testprog/main.go
similarity index 84%
rename from go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/main.go
rename to tests/runfiles/testprog/main.go
index 5bcd8f5db6..be7a1c62d2 100644
--- a/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/testprog/main.go
+++ b/tests/runfiles/testprog/main.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 
-	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles"
+	"github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	path, err := runfiles.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/go/tools/bazel/runfiles/test.txt")
+	path, err := runfiles.Path("io_bazel_rules_go/tests/runfiles/test.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}