diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9148ff2..58065bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(rerun_sdk)
 include(FetchContent)
 set(BUILD_TOOLS OFF) # VRS tools
 set(BUILD_SAMPLES OFF) # VRS sample code and sample apps
+set(UNIT_TESTS OFF) # VRS unit tests
 FetchContent_Declare(vrslib URL https://github.com/facebookresearch/vrs/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.zip)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vrslib)
 
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index ce38eca..1c2a425 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -1395,70 +1395,6 @@ package:
   license_family: BSD
   size: 30351
   timestamp: 1694604476800
-- platform: linux-64
-  name: gtest
-  version: 1.14.0
-  category: main
-  manager: conda
-  dependencies:
-  - libgcc-ng >=12
-  - libstdcxx-ng >=12
-  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/gtest-1.14.0-h00ab1b0_1.conda
-  hash:
-    md5: d362a81b815334cc921b9362782881f3
-    sha256: 1d9cdafcbf43ece349311835e48a17d7835d7d0a7fe9d5d5e7b3d8d17e38ffb1
-  build: h00ab1b0_1
-  arch: x86_64
-  subdir: linux-64
-  build_number: 1
-  constrains:
-  - gmock 1.14.0
-  license: BSD-3-Clause
-  license_family: BSD
-  size: 404694
-  timestamp: 1691710003375
-- platform: osx-64
-  name: gtest
-  version: 1.14.0
-  category: main
-  manager: conda
-  dependencies:
-  - libcxx >=15.0.7
-  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64/gtest-1.14.0-h1c7c39f_1.conda
-  hash:
-    md5: 5730a7c4dcb497fddadcad282567d604
-    sha256: a139903c2283de52b4501b90a9518a31794144c887b73d0c22569d83d5a2ac67
-  build: h1c7c39f_1
-  arch: x86_64
-  subdir: osx-64
-  build_number: 1
-  constrains:
-  - gmock 1.14.0
-  license: BSD-3-Clause
-  license_family: BSD
-  size: 384367
-  timestamp: 1691710345267
-- platform: osx-arm64
-  name: gtest
-  version: 1.14.0
-  category: main
-  manager: conda
-  dependencies:
-  - libcxx >=15.0.7
-  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-arm64/gtest-1.14.0-h1995070_1.conda
-  hash:
-    md5: 06fcdee735ef3e60e0d53c4dccfef5ff
-    sha256: 966fc047532a63951e2253afe5806af9a6182d5ef596612a503983ccf40f860e
-  build: h1995070_1
-  arch: aarch64
-  subdir: osx-arm64
-  build_number: 1
-  constrains:
-  - gmock 1.14.0
-  license: BSD-3-Clause
-  license_family: BSD
-  size: 378251
-  timestamp: 1691710275827
 - platform: linux-64
   name: gxx
   version: 12.3.0
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index cf84285..8433ad0 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ cxx-compiler = "1.6.0.*"
 ninja = "1.11.1"
 # Required by this example:
 fmt = "10.1.1.*"
-gtest = "1.14.0"
 libjpeg-turbo = "2.1.4.*"
 libpng = "1.6.39.*"
 lz4 = "4.3.2.*"