diff --git a/token/delegation/delegationtest/doc.go b/token/delegation/delegationtest/doc.go
index cb54e64..526c6fa 100644
--- a/token/delegation/delegationtest/doc.go
+++ b/token/delegation/delegationtest/doc.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 // tokens stored in the data/ directory should be regenerated by running
 // the following command in this directory:
 //
-//	go test . -update
+//	cd generator && go run .
 //
 // Generated delegation Tokens are stored in the data/ directory and loaded
 // into the delegation.Loader.
diff --git a/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator.go b/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/generator.go
similarity index 93%
rename from token/delegation/delegationtest/generator.go
rename to token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/generator.go
index 06fcdc4..2eaacb2 100644
--- a/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator.go
+++ b/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/generator.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package delegationtest
+package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/pkg/command"
 	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/pkg/policy"
 	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/token/delegation"
+	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/token/delegation/delegationtest"
 )
 
 const (
 	tokenNamePrefix      = "Token"
 	proorChainNamePrefix = "Proof"
+	tokenExt             = ".dagcbor"
 )
 
 var constantNonce = []byte{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b}
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ func (g *generator) chainPersonas(personas []didtest.Persona, acc acc, vari vari
 	params := newDelegationParams{
 		privKey: personas[0].PrivKey(),
 		aud:     personas[1].DID(),
-		cmd:     NominalCommand,
+		cmd:     delegationtest.NominalCommand,
 		pol:     policy.Policy{},
 		opts: []delegation.Option{
 			delegation.WithSubject(didtest.PersonaAlice.DID()),
@@ -107,10 +109,10 @@ func (g *generator) chainPersonas(personas []didtest.Persona, acc acc, vari vari
 	if personas[0] == didtest.PersonaCarol {
 		variants := []variant{
 			{name: "InvalidExpandedCommand", variant: func(p *newDelegationParams) {
-				p.cmd = ExpandedCommand
+				p.cmd = delegationtest.ExpandedCommand
 			}},
 			{name: "ValidAttenuatedCommand", variant: func(p *newDelegationParams) {
-				p.cmd = AttenuatedCommand
+				p.cmd = delegationtest.AttenuatedCommand
 			}},
 			{name: "InvalidSubject", variant: func(p *newDelegationParams) {
 				p.opts = append(p.opts, delegation.WithSubject(didtest.PersonaBob.DID()))
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ func (g *generator) createDelegation(params newDelegationParams, name string, va
 		dlgName += "_" + vari.name
 	}
 
-	err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tokenDir, dlgName+tokenExt), data, 0o644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join("..", delegationtest.TokenDir, dlgName+tokenExt), data, 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cid.Undef, err
 	}
@@ -223,5 +225,5 @@ func (g *generator) writeGoFile() error {
 		file.Line()
 	}
 
-	return file.Save("token_gen.go")
+	return file.Save("../token_gen.go")
 }
diff --git a/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/main.go b/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..994ae42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/did/didtest"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	gen := &generator{}
+	err := gen.chainPersonas(didtest.Personas(), acc{}, noopVariant())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = gen.writeGoFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator_test.go b/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c79608..0000000
--- a/token/delegation/delegationtest/generator_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package delegationtest
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"gotest.tools/v3/golden"
-
-	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/did/didtest"
-)
-
-// TestUpdate doesn't actually run a test but uses the Go testing library
-// to trigger generation of the delegation tokens and associated Go file.
-func TestUpdate(t *testing.T) {
-	if golden.FlagUpdate() {
-		update(t)
-	}
-}
-
-func update(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	gen := &generator{}
-	require.NoError(t, gen.chainPersonas(didtest.Personas(), acc{}, noopVariant()))
-	require.NoError(t, gen.writeGoFile())
-}
diff --git a/token/delegation/delegationtest/token.go b/token/delegation/delegationtest/token.go
index 7f3eb7b..e425733 100644
--- a/token/delegation/delegationtest/token.go
+++ b/token/delegation/delegationtest/token.go
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ucan-wg/go-ucan/token/delegation"
 )
 
-const (
-	tokenDir = "data"
-	tokenExt = ".dagcbor"
-)
-
 var (
 	// ExpandedCommand is the parent of the NominalCommand and represents
 	// the cases where the delegation proof-chain or invocation token tries
@@ -35,6 +30,8 @@ var (
 // ProofEmpty provides an empty proof chain for testing purposes.
 var ProofEmpty = []cid.Cid{}
 
+const TokenDir = "data"
+
 //go:embed data
 var fs embed.FS
 
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ func (l *delegationLoader) GetDelegation(id cid.Cid) (*delegation.Token, error)
 }
 
 func loadDelegations() (delegation.Loader, error) {
-	dirEntries, err := fs.ReadDir("data")
+	dirEntries, err := fs.ReadDir(TokenDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ func loadDelegations() (delegation.Loader, error) {
 	tkns := make(map[cid.Cid]*delegation.Token, len(dirEntries))
 
 	for _, dirEntry := range dirEntries {
-		data, err := fs.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tokenDir, dirEntry.Name()))
+		data, err := fs.ReadFile(filepath.Join(TokenDir, dirEntry.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}