fix: a few more path cleanups for workstealer #1239

Job	Run time
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -e 'test(7.\|8.)\|python.*', ubuntu-latest)	3m 12s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7.' -e 'test7(b.\|c.\|d.\|e.\|f.\|g.\|h.)', ubuntu-la...	11m 3s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7(b.\|c.\|d.\|e.\|g.\|h.)', ubuntu-latest)	8m 34s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7f.*', ubuntu-latest)	7m 33s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test8.*', ubuntu-latest)	4m 12s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'python.*', ubuntu-latest)	4m 47s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/go.sh, ubuntu-latest)	2m 30s
ci (kubernetes, ./tests/bin/pipelines.sh, ubuntu-latest)	1m 30s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -e 'test(7.\|8.)\|python.*', ubuntu-latest)	1m 40s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7.' -e 'test7(b.\|c.\|d.\|e.\|f.\|g.\|h.)', ubuntu-latest)	6m 51s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7(b.\|c.\|d.\|e.\|g.\|h.)', ubuntu-latest)	6m 28s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test7f.*', ubuntu-latest)	5m 25s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'test8.*', ubuntu-latest)	3s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/ci.sh -i 'python.*', ubuntu-latest)	18m 22s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/go.sh, ubuntu-latest)	2m 30s
ci (local, ./tests/bin/pipelines.sh, ubuntu-latest)	1m 51s
	1h 26m 31s

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