diff --git a/testament/important_packages.nim b/testament/important_packages.nim
index ba76880746..dc9255d051 100644
--- a/testament/important_packages.nim
+++ b/testament/important_packages.nim
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ pkg "compactdict"
 pkg "comprehension", "nimble test", "https://github.com/alehander92/comprehension"
 pkg "confutils", "nimble install -y toml_serialization json_serialization unittest2; nimble test"
 pkg "constantine", "nimble make_lib"
-pkg "cowstrings", "nim c -r tests/tcowstrings.nim"
 pkg "criterion"
 pkg "dashing", "nim c tests/functional.nim"
 pkg "datamancer", url = "https://github.com/nim-lang/Datamancer"
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ pkg "sigv4", "nim c --mm:arc -r sigv4.nim", "https://github.com/disruptek/sigv4"
 pkg "sim"
 pkg "smtp", "nimble compileExample"
 pkg "snip", "nimble test", "https://github.com/genotrance/snip"
-pkg "ssostrings", "nim c -r tests/tssostrings.nim"
 pkg "stew"
 pkg "stint", "nim c stint.nim"
 pkg "strslice"