diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7824d2d66..2a846db758 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 coverage
 docs/gen
 node_modules/*
+test/fixtures/src/github.com/example_cc/Dockerfile
 npm-shrinkwrap.json
 npm-debug.log
 tmp
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74da717c0c..e14b4c7e4b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bunyan": "^1.8.1",
-    "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-eslint": "^3.0.1",
     "gulp-istanbul": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/example_cc.go b/test/fixtures/src/github.com/example_cc/example_cc.go
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/example_cc.go
rename to test/fixtures/src/github.com/example_cc/example_cc.go
diff --git a/test/unit/endorser-tests.js b/test/unit/endorser-tests.js
index 2069f72d58..f5ebfced6f 100644
--- a/test/unit/endorser-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/endorser-tests.js
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ var test = _test(tape);
 var hfc = require('../..');
 var util = require('util');
 var fs = require('fs');
+var testUtil = require('./util.js');
 
 var keyValStorePath = '/tmp/keyValStore';
 
+testUtil.setupChaincodeDeploy();
+
 //
 // Run the endorser test
 //
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ test('endorser test', function(t) {
 			// send proposal to endorser
 			var request = {
 				endorserUrl: 'grpc://localhost:7051',
-				chaincodePath: 'github.com/chaincode_example02',
+				chaincodePath: testUtil.CHAINCODE_PATH,
 				fcn: 'init',
 				args: ['a', '100', 'b', '200']
 			};
diff --git a/test/unit/util.js b/test/unit/util.js
index 61ee4d6d0f..d6abe79c9f 100644
--- a/test/unit/util.js
+++ b/test/unit/util.js
@@ -1,28 +1,8 @@
-var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var path = require('path');
 
 module.exports.CHAINCODE_PATH = 'github.com/example_cc';
-module.exports.CHAINCODE_FILE = 'example_cc.go';
 
+// temporarily set $GOPATH to the test fixture folder
 module.exports.setupChaincodeDeploy = function() {
-	var gopath = process.env.GOPATH;
-
-	if (!gopath) {
-		throw new Error('Environment variable $GOPATH must be set for the SDK to deploy chaincode');
-	}
-	var src = path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/example_cc.go');
-
-	var fullpath = path.join(gopath, 'src', module.exports.CHAINCODE_PATH);
-	var target = path.join(fullpath, module.exports.CHAINCODE_FILE);
-
-	fs.mkdirs(fullpath, function(err1) {
-		if (err1) throw new Error(err1);
-
-		fs.copy(src, target, function(err2) {
-			if (err2) throw new Error(err2);
-
-			return;
-		});
-
-	});
+	process.env.GOPATH = path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures');
 };
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