diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 0507194..e69de29 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-locate==1.1.1
diff --git a/test/test_doctests.py b/test/test_doctests.py
index 9102d8b..a80684e 100644
--- a/test/test_doctests.py
+++ b/test/test_doctests.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import doctest
 import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, List
 from unittest import BaseTestSuite
 
-from locate import this_dir
-
-repo_dir = this_dir().parent
+repo_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 
 # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
diff --git a/test/test_examples.py b/test/test_examples.py
index 947e1a0..c3f2241 100644
--- a/test/test_examples.py
+++ b/test/test_examples.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Generator
 
-from locate import this_dir
 from mkdocs.commands.build import build
 from mkdocs.config import load_config
 
-repo_dir = this_dir().parent
+repo_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 examples_dir = repo_dir.joinpath("examples")