diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 272d8fb..5c20a9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 !*.*
 nimble.develop
 nimble.paths
+nimbledeps
diff --git a/asynctest.nimble b/asynctest.nimble
index 84d01ee..a6bb8ba 100644
--- a/asynctest.nimble
+++ b/asynctest.nimble
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 task test, "Runs the test suite":
   for module in ["stdlib", "chronos", "unittest2"]:
     withDir "testmodules/" & module:
+      delEnv "NIMBLE_DIR" # use nimbledeps dir
       exec "nimble install -d -y"
       exec "nimble test -y"
diff --git a/testmodules/unittest2/nimbledeps/.keep b/testmodules/unittest2/nimbledeps/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29