diff --git a/tests/runtest.sh b/tests/runtest.sh
index 51b8d02..c5995b4 100755
--- a/tests/runtest.sh
+++ b/tests/runtest.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@ sleep 10
 
 export TPM_INTERFACE_TYPE=socsim
 
-# get tss2 tests
-TSS2_VERSION=v1.6.0
-git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/ibmtpm20tss/tss
-pushd tss
-git checkout -b test $TSS2_VERSION
-pushd utils
+# use the tss2 tests from the sources
+pushd ./source/utils
 # fix python calls to use rhel name for python3
 sed -i -e 's/^PREFIX=\.\//PREFIX=tss/g' reg.sh
 # fix paths in rootcerts.txt
@@ -54,10 +50,9 @@ sed -i -e "s|/gsa/yktgsa/home/k/g/kgold/tpm2/utils|${c}|g" certificates/rootcert
 ./reg.sh -a
 res="$?"
 popd
-popd
 
 # clean up
 pkill tpm_server
-rm -rf ibmtpm ibmtpm$IBMTPM_VERSION.tar.gz tss
+rm -rf ibmtpm tss
 
 exit $res
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
index 61285b2..b945566 100644
--- a/tests/tests.yml
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source
+    tags:
+    - always
   - role: standard-test-basic
     tags:
     - classic
diff --git a/tss2.spec b/tss2.spec
index 4e95853..f290d18 100644
--- a/tss2.spec
+++ b/tss2.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:	git
 Requires:	openssl
 
 %description
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ Development libraries and headers for IBM's TSS 2.0. You will need this in
 order to build TSS 2.0 applications.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -c %{name}-%{version}
+%autosetup -S git -p1 -c %{name}-%{version}
 
 %build
 autoreconf -vi