diff --git a/cmake/script.tmpl b/cmake/script.tmpl
index 4d9224b0..5b7bc6f7 100755
--- a/cmake/script.tmpl
+++ b/cmake/script.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
+@define('CONST_Default_ModulePath', '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/module');
+@define('CONST_Default_Osm2pgsql', '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql');
 @define('CONST_BinDir', '@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/utils');
 @define('CONST_LibDir', '@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/lib');
 @define('CONST_DataDir', '@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@');
diff --git a/lib/setup/SetupClass.php b/lib/setup/SetupClass.php
index d3c4c4eb..92c36bf3 100755
--- a/lib/setup/SetupClass.php
+++ b/lib/setup/SetupClass.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SetupFunctions
             $this->iCacheMemory = getCacheMemoryMB();
         }
 
-        $this->sModulePath = getSetting('DATABASE_MODULE_PATH', CONST_InstallDir.'/module');
+        $this->sModulePath = getSetting('DATABASE_MODULE_PATH', CONST_Default_ModulePath);
         info('module path: ' . $this->sModulePath);
 
         // parse database string
@@ -736,9 +736,6 @@ class SetupFunctions
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'LibDir', CONST_LibDir);
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'DataDir', CONST_DataDir);
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'InstallDir', CONST_InstallDir);
-
-            fwrite($rFile, "if (file_exists(getenv('NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'))) require_once(getenv('NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'));\n\n");
-
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'Database_DSN', getSetting('DATABASE_DSN'));
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'Default_Language', getSetting('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE'));
             fwriteConstDef($rFile, 'Log_DB', getSettingBool('LOG_DB'));
diff --git a/lib/setup_functions.php b/lib/setup_functions.php
index a2287d9b..dab6a8e7 100755
--- a/lib/setup_functions.php
+++ b/lib/setup_functions.php
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ function checkInFile($sOSMFile)
 
 function getOsm2pgsqlBinary()
 {
-    $sBinary = getSetting('OSM2PGSQL_BINARY');
-    if (!$sBinary) {
-        $sBinary = CONST_InstallDir.'/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql';
-    }
-
-    return $sBinary;
+    return getSetting('OSM2PGSQL_BINARY', CONST_Default_Osm2pgsql);
 }
 
 function getImportStyle()
diff --git a/test/bdd/environment.py b/test/bdd/environment.py
index 71d0dd2b..0ac92104 100644
--- a/test/bdd/environment.py
+++ b/test/bdd/environment.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ userconfig = {
     'TEMPLATE_DB' : 'test_template_nominatim',
     'TEST_DB' : 'test_nominatim',
     'API_TEST_DB' : 'test_api_nominatim',
-    'TEST_SETTINGS_FILE' : '/tmp/nominatim_settings.php',
     'SERVER_MODULE_PATH' : None,
     'PHPCOV' : False, # set to output directory to enable code coverage
 }
@@ -43,15 +42,14 @@ class NominatimEnvironment(object):
         self.test_db = config['TEST_DB']
         self.api_test_db = config['API_TEST_DB']
         self.server_module_path = config['SERVER_MODULE_PATH']
-        self.local_settings_file = config['TEST_SETTINGS_FILE']
         self.reuse_template = not config['REMOVE_TEMPLATE']
         self.keep_scenario_db = config['KEEP_TEST_DB']
         self.code_coverage_path = config['PHPCOV']
         self.code_coverage_id = 1
         self.test_env = None
-        os.environ['NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'] = self.local_settings_file
 
         self.template_db_done = False
+        self.website_dir = None
 
     def connect_database(self, dbname):
         dbargs = {'database': dbname}
@@ -80,26 +78,24 @@ class NominatimEnvironment(object):
                  (';user=' + self.db_user) if self.db_user else '',
                  (';password=' + self.db_pass) if self.db_pass else ''
                  )
+
+        if self.website_dir is not None \
+           and self.test_env is not None \
+           and dsn == self.test_env['NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN']:
+            return # environment already set uo
+
         self.test_env = os.environ
         self.test_env['NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN'] = dsn
         self.test_env['NOMINATIM_FLATNODE_FILE'] = ''
         self.test_env['NOMINATIM_IMPORT_STYLE'] = 'full'
         self.test_env['NOMINATIM_USE_US_TIGER_DATA'] = 'yes'
 
-        f = open(self.local_settings_file, 'w')
-        # https://secure.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-pgsql.connection.php
-        f.write("<?php\n  @define('CONST_Database_DSN', '{}');\n".format(dsn))
-        f.write("@define('CONST_Osm2pgsql_Flatnode_File', null);\n")
-        f.write("@define('CONST_Import_Style', CONST_DataDir.'/settings/import-full.style');\n")
-        f.write("@define('CONST_Use_US_Tiger_Data', true);\n")
-        f.close()
+        if self.website_dir is not None:
+            self.website_dir.cleanup()
 
+        self.website_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.run_setup_script('setup-website')
 
-    def cleanup(self):
-        try:
-            os.remove(self.local_settings_file)
-        except OSError:
-            pass # ignore missing file
 
     def db_drop_database(self, name):
         conn = self.connect_database('postgres')
@@ -203,7 +199,13 @@ class NominatimEnvironment(object):
         cmd.extend(['--%s' % x for x in args])
         for k, v in kwargs.items():
             cmd.extend(('--' + k.replace('_', '-'), str(v)))
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=self.build_dir, env=self.test_env,
+
+        if self.website_dir is not None:
+            cwd = self.website_dir.name
+        else:
+            cwd = self.build_dir
+
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=cwd, env=self.test_env,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         (outp, outerr) = proc.communicate()
         outerr = outerr.decode('utf-8').replace('\\n', '\n')
@@ -300,9 +302,6 @@ def before_all(context):
     context.nominatim = NominatimEnvironment(context.config.userdata)
     context.osm = OSMDataFactory()
 
-def after_all(context):
-    context.nominatim.cleanup()
-
 
 def before_scenario(context, scenario):
     if 'DB' in context.tags:
diff --git a/test/bdd/steps/queries.py b/test/bdd/steps/queries.py
index a2fe0247..0ea4685b 100644
--- a/test/bdd/steps/queries.py
+++ b/test/bdd/steps/queries.py
@@ -302,10 +302,9 @@ def send_api_query(endpoint, params, fmt, context):
 
     env['SCRIPT_NAME'] = '/%s.php' % endpoint
     env['REQUEST_URI'] = '%s?%s' % (env['SCRIPT_NAME'], env['QUERY_STRING'])
-    env['CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = os.path.join(context.nominatim.build_dir, 'website')
+    env['CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = os.path.join(context.nominatim.website_dir.name, 'website')
     env['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = os.path.join(env['CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT'],
                                           '%s.php' % endpoint)
-    env['NOMINATIM_SETTINGS'] = context.nominatim.local_settings_file
 
     logger.debug("Environment:" + json.dumps(env, sort_keys=True, indent=2))
 
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ def send_api_query(endpoint, params, fmt, context):
     for k,v in params.items():
         cmd.append("%s=%s" % (k, v))
 
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=context.nominatim.build_dir, env=env,
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=context.nominatim.website_dir.name, env=env,
                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
     (outp, err) = proc.communicate()