diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f59d93..34b718e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ set(TEST_HEADER_FILES
 
 )
 set(TEST_SRC_FILES
-    tests/cppunit.cpp
     tests/utils.h
     tests/passwordfiletests.cpp
     tests/entrytests.cpp
@@ -48,9 +47,10 @@ set(META_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(META_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(META_PUBLIC_SHARED_LIB_DEPENDS c++utilities)
 set(META_PUBLIC_STATIC_LIB_DEPENDS c++utilities_static)
+set(META_ADD_DEFAULT_CPP_UNIT_TEST_APPLICATION ON)
 
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(c++utilities 4.8.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(c++utilities 4.17.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find 3rd party libraries
diff --git a/tests/cppunit.cpp b/tests/cppunit.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 67aaee6..0000000
--- a/tests/cppunit.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include <c++utilities/tests/cppunit.h>