diff --git a/tests/sqlite/main_test.go b/tests/sqlite/main_test.go
index a22c5281..ba4d0cef 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite/main_test.go
+++ b/tests/sqlite/main_test.go
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 var db *sql.DB
 var sampleDB *sql.DB
-var testRoot string
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	defer profile.Start().Stop()
@@ -31,8 +28,6 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	setTestRoot()
-
 	var err error
 	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", "file:"+dbconfig.SakilaDBPath)
 	throw.OnError(err)
@@ -51,16 +46,6 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setTestRoot() {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel")
-	byteArr, err := cmd.Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	testRoot = strings.TrimSpace(string(byteArr)) + "/tests/"
-}
-
 var loggedSQL string
 var loggedSQLArgs []interface{}
 var loggedDebugSQL string