--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ set_if_not_defined(CPPDAP_GOOGLETEST_DIR
 ###########################################################
 # Submodules
 ###########################################################
-if(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS)
-    if(NOT EXISTS ${CPPDAP_GOOGLETEST_DIR}/.git)
-        message(WARNING "third_party/googletest submodule missing.")
-        message(WARNING "Run: `git submodule update --init` to build tests.")
-        set(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
-    endif()
-endif(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 ###########################################################
 # JSON library
@@ -289,7 +282,6 @@ if(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS)
         ${CPPDAP_SRC_DIR}/traits_test.cpp
         ${CPPDAP_SRC_DIR}/typeinfo_test.cpp
         ${CPPDAP_SRC_DIR}/variant_test.cpp
-        ${CPPDAP_GOOGLETEST_DIR}/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
     )
 
     set(DAP_TEST_INCLUDE_DIR
@@ -312,6 +304,7 @@ if(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS)
 
     cppdap_set_target_options(cppdap-unittests)
     target_link_libraries(cppdap-unittests PRIVATE cppdap)
+    target_link_libraries(cppdap-unittests PRIVATE gtest_main gtest)
 endif(CPPDAP_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 # fuzzer