diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 86c582af..0449f31a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: false
       - id: tests
         name: subset of (CPU) tests
-        entry: env CPU=1 pytest test/unit/ test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_custom_function.py test/test_assign.py test/test_symbolic_shapetracker.py
+        entry: env CPU=1 pytest test/unit/ test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_custom_function.py test/test_assign.py test/test_symbolic_shapetracker.py test/external/test_example.py
         language: system
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/test/unit/test_example.py b/test/external/test_example.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/unit/test_example.py
rename to test/external/test_example.py