diff --git a/bumblebee_status/discover.py b/bumblebee_status/discover.py
index 5c9e1bc..503be7d 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/discover.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/discover.py
@@ -8,5 +8,16 @@ def discover():
     )
     sys.path.append(libdir)
 
+def utility(name):
+    current_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+    for path in [
+        os.path.join(current_path, "..", "bin"),
+        os.path.join(current_path, "..", "..", "..", "..", "share", "bumblebee-status", "utility"),
+        "/usr/share/bumblebee-status/bin/",
+    ]:
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(path, name))):
+            return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(path, name))
+    raise Exception("{} not found".format(name))
 
 # vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/pacman.py b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/pacman.py
index 8566112..b50ed53 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/pacman.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/pacman.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ import core.decorators
 import util.cli
 import util.format
 
+from bumblebee_status.discover import utility
+
 # list of repositories.
 # the last one should always be other
 repos = ["core", "extra", "community", "multilib", "testing", "other"]
 
 
 def get_pacman_info(widget, path):
-    cmd = "{}/../../bin/pacman-updates".format(path)
-    if not os.path.exists(cmd):
-        cmd = "/usr/share/bumblebee-status/bin/pacman-update"
+    cmd = utility("pacman-updates")
     result = util.cli.execute(cmd, ignore_errors=True)
 
     count = len(repos) * [0]
diff --git a/bumblebee_status/modules/core/xrandr.py b/bumblebee_status/modules/core/xrandr.py
index f3eabb6..04278ba 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/modules/core/xrandr.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/modules/core/xrandr.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import core.module
 import core.input
 import core.decorators
 
+from bumblebee_status.discover import utility
+
 import util.cli
 import util.format
 
@@ -36,8 +38,7 @@ except:
 class Module(core.module.Module):
     @core.decorators.every(seconds=5)  # takes up to 5s to detect a new screen
     def __init__(self, config, theme):
-        widgets = []
-        super().__init__(config, theme, widgets)
+        super().__init__(config, theme, [])
 
         self._autoupdate = util.format.asbool(self.parameter("autoupdate", True))
         self._needs_update = True
@@ -85,10 +86,9 @@ class Module(core.module.Module):
 
     def _toggle(self, event):
         self._refresh(self, event)
-        path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
         if util.format.asbool(self.parameter("overwrite_i3config", False)) == True:
-            toggle_cmd = "{}/../../bin/toggle-display.sh".format(path)
+            toggle_cmd = utility("toggle-display.sh")
         else:
             toggle_cmd = "xrandr"
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5caf4e6..9352f13 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ packages = find:
 scripts =
     ./bumblebee-status
 	./bumblebee-ctl
-	./bin/load-i3-bars.sh
-	./bin/pacman-updates
-	./bin/toggle-display.sh
 
 [versioneer]
 VCS = git
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 79ccd29..5a100d4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ setup(
     data_files=[
         ("share/bumblebee-status/themes", glob.glob("themes/*.json")),
         ("share/bumblebee-status/themes/icons", glob.glob("themes/icons/*.json")),
+        ("share/bumblebee-status/utility", glob.glob("bin/*")),
     ],
 )