diff --git a/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index de46484..f1e66a0 100644
--- a/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ set(SRC_FILES main.cpp args.cpp application.cpp)
 set(TEST_HEADER_FILES)
 set(TEST_SRC_FILES tests/application.cpp)
 
+# use testfiles directory from connector
+set(META_SRCDIR_REFS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}\n${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../connector")
+
 # find c++utilities
-find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.16.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(${PACKAGE_NAMESPACE_PREFIX}c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.21.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
 # find qtutilities
diff --git a/cli/testfiles/testconfig b/cli/testfiles/testconfig
deleted file mode 120000
index fbe1030..0000000
--- a/cli/testfiles/testconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../connector/testfiles/testconfig
\ No newline at end of file