diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 67ec8f9..ed0b2e0 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,23 +2,14 @@
 #  GenMap tests
 # ===========================================================================
 
-include (ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add (googletest
-                     PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest"
-                     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/google/googletest.git"
-                     INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
-                     CMAKE_ARGS "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
-                     GIT_TAG release-1.10.0
-                     UPDATE_DISCONNECTED YES)
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}") # TODO: --coverage
 add_executable (genmap_algo_test tests.cpp)
-add_dependencies (genmap_algo_test googletest)
 
 include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
 target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test ${SEQAN_LIBRARIES})
-target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/libgtest.a)
-target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/libgtest_main.a)
+target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test -lgtest)
+target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test -lgtest_main)
 target_link_libraries (genmap_algo_test pthread)
 
 add_test(NAME algo_test COMMAND genmap_algo_test)