diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cda8195..8d2d15a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ jobs:
       - YACC="/usr/local/opt/bison/bin/bison"
 
 before_script:
+  - git clone git@github.com:mdbtools/mdbtestdata.git test
   - autoreconf -i -f -Wno-portability
 
 script:
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 01e6357..396f91c 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ build_script:
       if ($env:TOOLCHAIN -eq "msys2")
       {
         $env:MSYSTEM="MINGW64"
+        C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -l -c "cd /c/projects/mdbtools && git clone git@github.com:mdbtools/mdbtestdata.git test"
         C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -l -c "cd /c/projects/mdbtools && autoreconf -i -f -Wno-portability"
         C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -l -c "cd /c/projects/mdbtools && ./configure --disable-man --disable-silent-rules"
         C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -l -c "cd /c/projects/mdbtools && make"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ build_script:
       else
       {
         C:\cygwin64\setup-x86_64.exe -qP bison flex libiodbc-devel
+        C:\cygwin64\bin\sh -lc "cd /cygdrive/c/projects/mdbtools && git clone git@github.com:mdbtools/mdbtestdata.git test"
         C:\cygwin64\bin\sh -lc "cd /cygdrive/c/projects/mdbtools && autoreconf -i -f -Wno-portability"
         C:\cygwin64\bin\sh -lc "cd /cygdrive/c/projects/mdbtools && ./configure --disable-man --disable-silent-rules"
         C:\cygwin64\bin\sh -lc "cd /cygdrive/c/projects/mdbtools && make"
diff --git a/src/odbc/unittest.c b/src/odbc/unittest.c
index 9967f26..001aec0 100644
--- a/src/odbc/unittest.c
+++ b/src/odbc/unittest.c
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 
-/* #include <windows.h> */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sql.h>
 #include <sqlext.h>
 
+// This test requires the presence of nwind.mdb in the MDBPATH.
+// It is stored in a separate repository: https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtestdata
 
 #define SALES_PERSON_LEN 2
 #define STATUS_LEN 6
diff --git a/test/data/ASampleDatabase.accdb b/test/data/ASampleDatabase.accdb
deleted file mode 100644
index ce77a4c..0000000
Binary files a/test/data/ASampleDatabase.accdb and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/data/nwind.mdb b/test/data/nwind.mdb
deleted file mode 100644
index dc3f4df..0000000
Binary files a/test/data/nwind.mdb and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/sql/nwind.sql b/test/sql/nwind.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index ab84742..0000000
--- a/test/sql/nwind.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-select * from Customers