diff --git a/tests/clar/clar.c b/deps/clar/clar.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar.c
rename to deps/clar/clar.c
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar.h b/deps/clar/clar.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar.h
rename to deps/clar/clar.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar/fixtures.h b/deps/clar/clar/fixtures.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar/fixtures.h
rename to deps/clar/clar/fixtures.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar/fs.h b/deps/clar/clar/fs.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar/fs.h
rename to deps/clar/clar/fs.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar/print.h b/deps/clar/clar/print.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar/print.h
rename to deps/clar/clar/print.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar/sandbox.h b/deps/clar/clar/sandbox.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar/sandbox.h
rename to deps/clar/clar/sandbox.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar/summary.h b/deps/clar/clar/summary.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar/summary.h
rename to deps/clar/clar/summary.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2.c b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2.c
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2.c
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2.h b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2.h
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.c b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.c
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.c
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.h b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.h
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_alloc.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.c b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.c
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.c
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.h b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.h
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_timer.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.c b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.c
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.c
diff --git a/tests/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.h b/deps/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.h
rename to deps/clar/clar_libgit2_trace.h
diff --git a/tests/clar/generate.py b/deps/clar/generate.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/generate.py
rename to deps/clar/generate.py
diff --git a/tests/clar/main.c b/deps/clar/main.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/clar/main.c
rename to deps/clar/main.c
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 460e045e3..4c1a5890c 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ These are the unit and integration tests for the libgit2 projects.
 
 * `benchmarks`
   These are benchmark tests that excercise the CLI.
-* `clar`  
-  This is [clar](https://github.com/clar-test/clar) the common test framework.
 * `headertest`  
   This is a simple project that ensures that our public headers are
   compatible with extremely strict compilation options.
diff --git a/tests/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a4bb476c..f8b80eb32 100644
--- a/tests/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/libgit2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if(NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
 	                     "Make sure python is available, or pass -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF to skip building the tests")
 ENDIF()
 
-set(CLAR_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/clar")
+set(CLAR_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/clar")
 set(CLAR_FIXTURES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/resources/")
 set(TEST_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 add_definitions(-DCLAR_FIXTURE_PATH=\"${CLAR_FIXTURES}\")
diff --git a/tests/util/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 425c27dcd..6b44b85fa 100644
--- a/tests/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if(NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
 	                     "Make sure python is available, or pass -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF to skip building the tests")
 ENDIF()
 
-set(CLAR_PATH "${libgit2_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/clar")
+set(CLAR_PATH "${libgit2_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/clar")
 set(CLAR_FIXTURES "${libgit2_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/resources/")
 set(TEST_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 add_definitions(-DCLAR_FIXTURE_PATH=\"${CLAR_FIXTURES}\")