diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
index c09505d365..45df88e8a0 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/remixd.test.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ module.exports = {
     browser
       .refresh()
       .perform(async (done) => {
-        remixd = await spawnRemixd(join(process.cwd(), '/apps/remix-ide/hardhat-boilerplate'))
         console.log('working directory', process.cwd())
         connectRemixd(browser, done)
       })
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/hardhat-boilerplate b/apps/remix-ide/hardhat-boilerplate
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..638fd58ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/hardhat-boilerplate
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 638fd58ec882990d3b654d45e37907eb15695bd2