diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index a7ebcb1..f8a6cdd 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@
 
 		const PackageName pname = parent
 			? PackageName(parent.name) : PackageName.init;
-		auto content = readPackageRecipe(recipe, pname, mode);
+		string text = this.readText(recipe);
+		auto content = parsePackageRecipe(
+			text, recipe.toNativeString(), pname, null, mode);
 		auto ret = new Package(content, path, parent, version_);
 		ret.m_infoFile = recipe;
 		return ret;
@@ -1222,6 +1224,13 @@
 	}
 
 	/// Ditto
+	protected string readText(NativePath path)
+	{
+		static import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
+		return dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file.readText(path);
+	}
+
+	/// Ditto
 	protected alias IterateDirDg = int delegate(scope int delegate(ref FileInfo));
 
 	/// Ditto
diff --git a/source/dub/test/base.d b/source/dub/test/base.d
index 38a964b..3566f57 100644
--- a/source/dub/test/base.d
+++ b/source/dub/test/base.d
@@ -369,36 +369,6 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Loads a `Package`
-	 *
-	 * This is currently not implemented, and any call to it will trigger
-	 * an assert, as that would otherwise be an access to the filesystem.
-	 */
-	protected override Package load(NativePath path, NativePath recipe = NativePath.init,
-		Package parent = null, string version_ = null,
-		StrictMode mode = StrictMode.Ignore)
-	{
-		if (recipe.empty)
-			recipe = this.findPackageFile(path);
-
-		enforce(!recipe.empty,
-			"No package file found in %s, expected one of %s"
-				.format(path.toNativeString(),
-					packageInfoFiles.map!(f => cast(string)f.filename).join("/")));
-
-		const PackageName parent_name = parent
-			? PackageName(parent.name) : PackageName.init;
-
-		string text = this.fs.readText(recipe);
-		auto content = parsePackageRecipe(text, recipe.toNativeString(),
-			parent_name, null, mode);
-
-		auto ret = new Package(content, path, parent, version_);
-		ret.m_infoFile = recipe;
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	/**
 	 * Re-Implementation of `gitClone`.
 	 *
 	 * The base implementation will do a `git` clone, to the file-system.
@@ -445,6 +415,12 @@
     }
 
     ///
+    protected override string readText(NativePath path)
+    {
+        return this.fs.readText(path);
+    }
+
+    ///
     protected override IterateDirDg iterateDirectory(NativePath path)
     {
         enforce(this.fs.existsDirectory(path),