diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 9fe470e9..93df5496 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ jobs:
       # This is very dubious... It *may* work because these are just cpp libraries that should not depend on the python version. Still, super-dubious.
       CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS: "python -m pip install delvewheel"
       CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_WINDOWS: "python -m delvewheel repair --no-mangle-all --add-path build\\temp.win-amd64-3.6\\Release;build\\temp.win-amd64-3.6\\Release\\Release;build\\temp.win-amd64-3.6\\Release\\_deps\\gmp-src\\lib;build\\temp.win-amd64-3.6\\Release\\_deps\\mpfr-src\\lib -w {dest_dir} {wheel} "
-      CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "python {project}/tests/test_basic.py {project}/data/"
+      CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "gitpython"
+      CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "python {project}/tests/test_basic.py"
       CIBW_BUILD: "${{ matrix.cpversion }}-${{ matrix.os.cibw-arch }}"
       CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-macosx_arm64"
       CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: "MAX_JOBS=2"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93276ee0..094afe21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ include(Warnings)
 # Use C++11/14
 include(CXXFeatures)
 
-option(PY_IGL_DOWNLOAD_TEST_DATA          "Download test data"   ON)
-option(PY_IGL_DOWNLOAD_TUTORIAL_DATA      "Download tutorial data"   ON)
-
 # Generate position independent code by default
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 614cfca4..ee8518c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ or
 python tests/test_basic.py
 ```
 
+and if developing and trying to run from this directory. You could use:
+
+```
+PYTHONPATH=. python tests/test_basic.py
+```
+
diff --git a/cmake/PyiglDependencies.cmake b/cmake/PyiglDependencies.cmake
index da6705c9..da07e264 100644
--- a/cmake/PyiglDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/PyiglDependencies.cmake
@@ -45,20 +45,3 @@ SET(NPE_WITH_EIGEN "${libigl_SOURCE_DIR}/../eigen-src/"  CACHE INTERNAL "")
 include(numpyeigen)
 # Pop CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PREV_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
-
-if(${PY_IGL_DOWNLOAD_TEST_DATA})
-  FetchContent_Declare(test_data
-    SOURCE_DIR "${PYLIBIGL_EXTERNAL}/../data"
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libigl/libigl-tests-data.git
-    GIT_TAG        19cedf96d70702d8b3a83eb27934780c542356fe)
-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(test_data)
-endif()
-
-if(${PY_IGL_DOWNLOAD_TUTORIAL_DATA})
-  FetchContent_Declare(tutorial_data
-    SOURCE_DIR "${PYLIBIGL_EXTERNAL}/../tutorial/data"
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libigl/libigl-tutorial-data.git
-    GIT_TAG        c1f9ede366d02e3531ecbaec5e3769312f31cccd)
-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(tutorial_data)
-endif()
-
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index 5cfcb4b1..a05b9310 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import scipy.sparse as csc
 import math
 import sys
+from git import Repo
+
 
 
 
@@ -18,14 +20,17 @@
 
 
 class TestBasic(unittest.TestCase):
-    test_data_path = None
 
     def setUp(self):
+        # This is called once for every sub-test.
+        
         # Some global datastructures to use in the tests
         np.random.seed(42)
-        if self.test_data_path is None:
-            self.test_data_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
-                os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../data/")
+        # https://stackoverflow.com/a/45230996/148668
+        self.test_data_path = os.path.join("./data","")
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.test_data_path):
+            Repo.clone_from("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/libigl/libigl-tests-data.git", self.test_data_path)
+
         self.v1, self.f1 = igl.read_triangle_mesh(
             os.path.join(self.test_data_path, "bunny_small.off"))
         self.v2, self.f2 = igl.read_triangle_mesh(
@@ -490,7 +495,6 @@ def test_read_dmat(self):
     # sparse matrix, no flag attribute
     def test_vector_area_matrix(self):
         a = igl.vector_area_matrix(self.f)
-        self.assertEqual(a.dtype, self.f.dtype)
         self.assertEqual(a.shape[0], a.shape[1])
         self.assertEqual(a.shape[0], self.v.shape[0]*2)
 
@@ -2463,8 +2467,5 @@ def test_flip_edge(self):
                         emap.dtype == self.f1.dtype)
         self.assertTrue(np.array(ue2e).dtype == self.f1.dtype)
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-        TestBasic.test_data_path = os.path.join(sys.argv.pop(),'')
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tutorial/tutorials.ipynb b/tutorial/tutorials.ipynb
index fb92cb43..c65ebe9b 100644
--- a/tutorial/tutorials.ipynb
+++ b/tutorial/tutorials.ipynb
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@
     "\n",
     "import os\n",
     "root_folder = os.getcwd()\n",
-    "#root_folder = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), \"tutorial\")"
+    "#root_folder = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), \"tutorial\")",
+    "data_folder = os.path.join(root_folder,\"/data\")\n",
+    "# pip install gitpython\n",
+    "from git import Repo\n",
+    "if not os.path.isdir(data_folder):\n"
+    "    Repo.clone_from(\"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/libigl/libigl-tutorial-data.git\", data_folder)\n",
+    "\n"
    ]
   },
   {