diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0381ea3613e..927c12b71be 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
 set(SUNSHINE_SOURCES
         ${SUNSHINE_TARGET_FILES})
 
-# copy fixtures to build directory
-file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/fixtures/unit
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/fixtures)
-
 # remove main.cpp from the list of sources
 list(REMOVE_ITEM SUNSHINE_SOURCES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main.cpp)
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_key.pem b/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_key.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c6e2ffe818..00000000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_key.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END PRIVATE KEY-----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_public.cert b/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_public.cert
deleted file mode 100644
index 1350105d02f..00000000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/unit/pairing_test_public.cert
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-MIIC6zCCAdOgAwIBAgIBATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADA5MQswCQYDVQQGEwJJVDEW
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------END CERTIFICATE-----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_http_pairing.cpp b/tests/unit/test_http_pairing.cpp
index 7b355e04495..3e8a9784909 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_http_pairing.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/test_http_pairing.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <src/nvhttp.h>
 
 #include "../tests_common.h"
-#include "src/file_handler.h"
 
 using namespace nvhttp;
 
@@ -30,8 +29,52 @@ struct pairing_output {
   bool phase_4_success;
 };
 
-const auto PRIVATE_KEY = file_handler::read_file("fixtures/unit/pairing_test_key.pem");
-const auto PUBLIC_CERT = file_handler::read_file("fixtures/unit/pairing_test_public.cert");
+const std::string PRIVATE_KEY = R"(-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----)";
+const std::string PUBLIC_CERT = R"(-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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 struct PairingTest: testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<pairing_input, pairing_output>> {};