diff --git a/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller_test.go b/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller_test.go
index e9be94124..0b30b992c 100644
--- a/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/suzerain-io/pinniped/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller/api"
 	examplestart "github.com/suzerain-io/pinniped/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/examplecontroller/starter"
-	"github.com/suzerain-io/pinniped/internal/controllerlib/test/library"
+	"github.com/suzerain-io/pinniped/test/library"
 )
 
 func TestExampleController(t *testing.T) {
+	library.SkipUnlessIntegration(t)
+
 	config := library.NewClientConfig(t)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
diff --git a/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/main_test.go b/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/main_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e80a4d904..000000000
--- a/internal/controllerlib/test/integration/main_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 VMware, Inc.
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-*/
-
-package integration
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// force users to opt-in to running the integration tests.
-// this prevents them from running if someone does `go test ./...`
-// these tests could be destructive to the cluster under test.
-const magicIntegrationTestsEnvVar = "CONTROLLER_GO_TEST_INTEGRATION"
-
-var shouldRunIntegrationTests = func() bool {
-	b, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(magicIntegrationTestsEnvVar))
-	return b
-}()
-
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if !shouldRunIntegrationTests {
-		fmt.Printf("SKIP: %s=true env var must be explicitly set for integration tests to run\n", magicIntegrationTestsEnvVar)
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-
-	os.Exit(m.Run())
-}
diff --git a/internal/controllerlib/test/library/client.go b/internal/controllerlib/test/library/client.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0883722a6..000000000
--- a/internal/controllerlib/test/library/client.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 VMware, Inc.
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-*/
-
-package library
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
-)
-
-func NewClientConfig(t *testing.T) *rest.Config {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	return newClientConfigWithOverrides(t, &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{})
-}
-
-func NewClientConfigWithCertAndKey(t *testing.T, cert, key string) *rest.Config {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	return newClientConfigWithOverrides(t, &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{
-		AuthInfo: clientcmdapi.AuthInfo{
-			ClientCertificateData: []byte(cert),
-			ClientKeyData:         []byte(key),
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-func newClientConfigWithOverrides(t *testing.T, overrides *clientcmd.ConfigOverrides) *rest.Config {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	loader := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()
-	clientConfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loader, overrides)
-	config, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	return config
-}
-
-func NewClientset(t *testing.T) kubernetes.Interface {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	return NewClientsetWithConfig(t, NewClientConfig(t))
-}
-
-func NewClientsetWithConfig(t *testing.T, config *rest.Config) kubernetes.Interface {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	result, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "unexpected failure from kubernetes.NewForConfig()")
-	return result
-}
diff --git a/internal/controllerlib/test/library/spew.go b/internal/controllerlib/test/library/spew.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df7b0881..000000000
--- a/internal/controllerlib/test/library/spew.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 VMware, Inc.
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-*/
-
-package library
-
-import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-
-func Sdump(a ...interface{}) string {
-	config := spew.ConfigState{
-		Indent:                  "\t",
-		MaxDepth:                10, // prevent log explosion
-		DisableMethods:          true,
-		DisablePointerMethods:   true,
-		DisablePointerAddresses: true,
-		DisableCapacities:       true,
-		ContinueOnMethod:        true,
-		SortKeys:                true,
-		SpewKeys:                true,
-	}
-	return config.Sdump(a...)
-}