diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 773823d..7735022 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   <depend>eigen</depend>
   <exec_depend>rclpy</exec_depend>
   
-  <!-- linting test dependencies -->
   <test_depend>ament_lint_auto</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_lint_common</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_cmake_gtest</test_depend>
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c47df5c..2eaf194 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ file(GLOB TEST_SOURCE "*_test.cpp")
 
 if(TEST_SOURCE)
   find_package(ament_index_cpp REQUIRED)
+
   foreach(TEST_FILE ${TEST_SOURCE})
     get_filename_component(TEST_NAME ${TEST_FILE} NAME_WE)
 
@@ -17,13 +18,12 @@ file(GLOB GTEST_SOURCE "*_gtest.cpp")
 
 if(GTEST_SOURCE)
   find_package(ament_cmake_gtest REQUIRED)
-  find_package(ament_index_cpp REQUIRED)
 
   foreach(TEST_SOURCE ${GTEST_SOURCE})
     get_filename_component(TEST_NAME ${TEST_SOURCE} NAME_WE)
 
     ament_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME}_${TEST_NAME} ${TEST_SOURCE})
     ament_target_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_${TEST_NAME} ${PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES})
-    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}_${TEST_NAME} ament_index_cpp::ament_index_cpp gtest_main ${PROJECT_NAME})
+    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}_${TEST_NAME} gtest_main ${PROJECT_NAME})
   endforeach()
 endif()