--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@
 enable_testing()
 
 
-include(../cmake/DownloadProject/DownloadProject.cmake)
-#set(gtest_disable_pthreads on) #TODO(randl): Windows?
-download_project(
-    PROJ googletest
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG master
-    UPDATE_DISCONNECTED 1
-)
-
-add_subdirectory(${googletest_SOURCE_DIR} ${googletest_BINARY_DIR})
-
 enable_testing()
 
 # in ../googletest-src/googletest/CMakeLists.txt, BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is set to OFF
@@ -29,7 +18,7 @@
 
 add_executable(tiny_dnn_test test.cpp test_no_duplicate_symbols.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(tiny_dnn_test
-    ${project_library_target_name} ${REQUIRED_LIBRARIES} gtest gmock)
+    ${project_library_target_name} ${REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_test(all_tests tiny_dnn_test)
 # workaround for https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/8774