diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
index 53ee4b990..994af7a9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/dirs/__init__.py
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ def get_clan_flake_toplevel() -> Path | None:
     return find_toplevel([".clan-flake", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", "flake.nix"])
 
 
-def find_git_repo_root() -> Path | None:
-    return find_toplevel([".git"])
 
 
 def clan_key_safe(flake_url: str) -> str:
diff --git a/pkgs/generate-test-vars/generate_test_vars/cli.py b/pkgs/generate-test-vars/generate_test_vars/cli.py
index e0b83e1ef..d42df49e4 100755
--- a/pkgs/generate-test-vars/generate_test_vars/cli.py
+++ b/pkgs/generate-test-vars/generate_test_vars/cli.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from typing import Any, override
 
 from clan_cli.vars.generate import generate_vars
-from clan_lib.dirs import find_git_repo_root
+from clan_lib.dirs import find_toplevel
 from clan_lib.flake.flake import Flake
 from clan_lib.machines.machines import Machine
 from clan_lib.nix import nix_config, nix_eval, nix_test_store
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def parse_args() -> Options:
             i.e. 'nix eval <repo_root>#checks ...'
         """,
         required=False,
-        default=os.environ.get("PRJ_ROOT", find_git_repo_root()),
+        default=os.environ.get("PRJ_ROOT", find_toplevel([".git"])),
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--clean",