diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-nmtest.R b/tests/testthat/test-nmtest.R
index 6bfcca585..078b6c18b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-nmtest.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-nmtest.R
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-if (file.exists(test_path("test-nmtest.qs")) && !.Call(`_rxode2_isIntel`)) {
+if (!.Call(`_rxode2_isIntel`)) {
 
   ## system("rm -v ~/src/rxode2/src/*.so ~/src/rxode2/src/*.o ~/src/rxode2parse/src/*.so ~/src/rxode2parse/src/*.o ~/src/rxode2random/src/*.so ~/src/rxode2random/src/*.o");devtools::install("~/src/rxode2parse", dep=FALSE); devtools::install("~/src/rxode2random", dep=FALSE); devtools::load_all();rxClean();#devtools::test()
 
   ## devtools::load_all()
 
-  d <- qs::qread(test_path("test-nmtest.qs"))
+  d <- nlmixr2data::nmtest
   # internally rxode2 treats lag time evids differently than
   # non-lagged events