diff --git a/templates/test/test/runtests.jl b/templates/test/test/runtests.jl
index ea5fe07..1140eea 100644
--- a/templates/test/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/templates/test/test/runtests.jl
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ const GROUP = uppercase(
   end,
 )
 
-# define paths
-testdir = @__DIR__
-testsetupdir = joinpath(testdir, "setup/")
-exampledir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "examples/")
-examplesetupdir = joinpath(exampledir, "setup/")
-
-# Load setup code into path, so `using SetupModule` works
-isdir(testsetupdir) && push!(LOAD_PATH, testsetupdir)
-isdir(examplesetupdir) && push!(LOAD_PATH, examplesetupdir)
-
 function istestfile(filename)
   return isfile(filename) &&
          endswith(filename, ".jl") &&
@@ -31,9 +21,9 @@ end
 
 @time begin
   # tests in groups based on folder structure
-  for testgroup in filter(isdir, readdir(testdir))
+  for testgroup in filter(isdir, readdir(@__DIR__))
     if GROUP == "ALL" || GROUP == uppercase(testgroup)
-      for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(joinpath(testdir, testgroup); join=true))
+      for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(joinpath(@__DIR__, testgroup); join=true))
         @eval @safetestset $file begin
           include($file)
         end
@@ -42,7 +32,7 @@ end
   end
 
   # single files in top folder
-  for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(testdir))
+  for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(@__DIR__))
     (file == basename(@__FILE__)) && continue
     @eval @safetestset $file begin
       include($file)
@@ -50,7 +40,8 @@ end
   end
 
   # test examples
-  for file in filter(endswith(".jl"), readdir(exampledir; join=true))
+  examplepath = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "examples")
+  for file in filter(endswith(".jl"), readdir(examplepath; join=true))
     filename = basename(file)
     @eval begin
       @safetestset $filename begin
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ea5fe07..1140eea 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ const GROUP = uppercase(
   end,
 )
 
-# define paths
-testdir = @__DIR__
-testsetupdir = joinpath(testdir, "setup/")
-exampledir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "examples/")
-examplesetupdir = joinpath(exampledir, "setup/")
-
-# Load setup code into path, so `using SetupModule` works
-isdir(testsetupdir) && push!(LOAD_PATH, testsetupdir)
-isdir(examplesetupdir) && push!(LOAD_PATH, examplesetupdir)
-
 function istestfile(filename)
   return isfile(filename) &&
          endswith(filename, ".jl") &&
@@ -31,9 +21,9 @@ end
 
 @time begin
   # tests in groups based on folder structure
-  for testgroup in filter(isdir, readdir(testdir))
+  for testgroup in filter(isdir, readdir(@__DIR__))
     if GROUP == "ALL" || GROUP == uppercase(testgroup)
-      for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(joinpath(testdir, testgroup); join=true))
+      for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(joinpath(@__DIR__, testgroup); join=true))
         @eval @safetestset $file begin
           include($file)
         end
@@ -42,7 +32,7 @@ end
   end
 
   # single files in top folder
-  for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(testdir))
+  for file in filter(istestfile, readdir(@__DIR__))
     (file == basename(@__FILE__)) && continue
     @eval @safetestset $file begin
       include($file)
@@ -50,7 +40,8 @@ end
   end
 
   # test examples
-  for file in filter(endswith(".jl"), readdir(exampledir; join=true))
+  examplepath = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "examples")
+  for file in filter(endswith(".jl"), readdir(examplepath; join=true))
     filename = basename(file)
     @eval begin
       @safetestset $filename begin
diff --git a/test/setup/Setup.jl b/test/setup/Setup.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 8724864..0000000
--- a/test/setup/Setup.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module Setup
-
-const dummy_true = true
-
-end
diff --git a/test/test_setupmodule.jl b/test/test_setupmodule.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 02dd1de..0000000
--- a/test/test_setupmodule.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-using Setup, Test
-
-# simple stub test to see if setup code was loaded correctly
-@test Setup.dummy_true