diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bcf5ed3f85..81799488f0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ CLAR_TEST_PROG = $(UNIT_TEST_BIN)/unit-tests$(X)
 CLAR_TEST_OBJS = $(patsubst %,$(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/%.o,$(CLAR_TEST_SUITES))
 CLAR_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/clar/clar.o
 CLAR_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/unit-test.o
+CLAR_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/lib-oid.o
 
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-oid-array
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-oidmap
@@ -1381,7 +1382,6 @@ UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-trailer
 UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS += t-urlmatch-normalization
 UNIT_TEST_PROGS = $(patsubst %,$(UNIT_TEST_BIN)/%$X,$(UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS))
 UNIT_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/test-lib.o
-UNIT_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/lib-oid.o
 UNIT_TEST_OBJS += $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/lib-reftable.o
 
 # xdiff and reftable libs may in turn depend on what is in libgit.a
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index 780939d49f..862cf1cfd4 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ clar_test_suites = [
 clar_sources = [
   'unit-tests/clar/clar.c',
   'unit-tests/unit-test.c',
+  'unit-tests/lib-oid.c'
 ]
 
 clar_decls_h = custom_target(
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@ foreach unit_test_program : unit_test_programs
   unit_test = executable(unit_test_name,
     sources: [
       'unit-tests/test-lib.c',
-      'unit-tests/lib-oid.c',
       'unit-tests/lib-reftable.c',
       unit_test_program,
     ],
diff --git a/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.c b/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.c
index 8f0ccac532..8bf09ea1cb 100644
--- a/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.c
+++ b/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#include "test-lib.h"
+#include "unit-test.h"
 #include "lib-oid.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 
-int init_hash_algo(void)
+int cl_setup_hash_algo(void)
 {
 	static int algo = -1;
 
@@ -11,42 +11,33 @@ int init_hash_algo(void)
 		const char *algo_name = getenv("GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH");
 		algo = algo_name ? hash_algo_by_name(algo_name) : GIT_HASH_SHA1;
 
-		if (!check(algo != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN))
-			test_msg("BUG: invalid GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH value ('%s')",
-				 algo_name);
+		cl_assert(algo != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN);
 	}
 	return algo;
 }
 
-static int get_oid_arbitrary_hex_algop(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid,
+static void cl_parse_oid(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid,
 				       const struct git_hash_algo *algop)
 {
 	int ret;
 	size_t sz = strlen(hex);
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	if (!check(sz <= algop->hexsz)) {
-		test_msg("BUG: hex string (%s) bigger than maximum allowed (%lu)",
-			 hex, (unsigned long)algop->hexsz);
-		return -1;
-	}
+	cl_assert(sz <= algop->hexsz);
 
 	strbuf_add(&buf, hex, sz);
 	strbuf_addchars(&buf, '0', algop->hexsz - sz);
 
-	ret = get_oid_hex_algop(buf.buf, oid, algop);
-	if (!check_int(ret, ==, 0))
-		test_msg("BUG: invalid hex input (%s) provided", hex);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(get_oid_hex_algop(buf.buf, oid, algop), 0);
 
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
-	return ret;
 }
 
-int get_oid_arbitrary_hex(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid)
+
+void cl_parse_any_oid(const char *hex, struct object_id *oid)
 {
-	int hash_algo = init_hash_algo();
+	int hash_algo = cl_setup_hash_algo();
 
-	if (!check_int(hash_algo, !=, GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN))
-		return -1;
-	return get_oid_arbitrary_hex_algop(hex, oid, &hash_algos[hash_algo]);
+	cl_assert(hash_algo != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN);
+	cl_parse_oid(hex, oid, &hash_algos[hash_algo]);
 }
diff --git a/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.h b/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.h
index 4e77c04bd2..4031775104 100644
--- a/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.h
+++ b/t/unit-tests/lib-oid.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Convert arbitrary hex string to object_id.
+ *
  * For example, passing "abc12" will generate
  * "abc1200000000000000000000000000000000000" hex of length 40 for SHA-1 and
  * create object_id with that.
@@ -12,14 +13,16 @@
  * algo is not allowed. The hash algo is decided based on GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH
  * environment variable.
  */
-int get_oid_arbitrary_hex(const char *s, struct object_id *oid);
+
+void cl_parse_any_oid (const char *s, struct object_id *oid);
 /*
  * Returns one of GIT_HASH_{SHA1, SHA256, UNKNOWN} based on the value of
  * GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH environment variable. The fallback value in the
  * absence of GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH is GIT_HASH_SHA1. It also uses
- * check(algo != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN) before returning to verify if the
+ * cl_assert(algo != GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN) before returning to verify if the
  * GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH's value is valid or not.
  */
-int init_hash_algo(void);
+
+int cl_setup_hash_algo(void);
 
 #endif /* LIB_OID_H */
diff --git a/t/unit-tests/unit-test.c b/t/unit-tests/unit-test.c
index fa8818842a..5af645048a 100644
--- a/t/unit-tests/unit-test.c
+++ b/t/unit-tests/unit-test.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "unit-test.h"
+#include "hex.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 
