diff --git a/tests/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in b/tests/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in
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-# Taken from https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md#incorporating-into-an-existing-cmake-project
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
-
-project(googletest-download NONE)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-ExternalProject_Add(googletest
-    GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG           main
-    GIT_SHALLOW       1
-    SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
-    BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
-    UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-    BUILD_COMMAND     ""
-    INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
-    TEST_COMMAND      "")