diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e8c4ed8..820a131 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Revision history for Geo-Coder-List
 
 0.34
 	Turn off on-line tests for smokers
+	Use Test::DescribeMe to simplify tests
 
 0.33	Thu May 16 09:28:54 EDT 2024
 	Fix test count in t/googleplaces.t
diff --git a/t/changes.t b/t/changes.t
index 5f949ac..be8e2eb 100644
--- a/t/changes.t
+++ b/t/changes.t
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::CPAN::Changes';
 
-# if($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING}) {
-	# eval 'use Test::CPAN::Changes';
-	# plan(skip_all => 'Test::CPAN::Changes required for this test') if $@;
-	# changes_ok();
-# } else {
-	# plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-# }
+Test::Needs->import();
+# changes_ok();
 
 plan(skip_all => "I don't agree with the author's format for dates");
diff --git a/t/comment-spelling.t b/t/comment-spelling.t
index d10bafe..6a116f3 100644
--- a/t/comment-spelling.t
+++ b/t/comment-spelling.t
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-#!perl
+#!usr/bin/env perl
 
 use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs { 'Test::Spelling::Comment' => '0.002' };
 
-if($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING} ) {
-	eval 'use Test::Spelling::Comment 0.002';
-	if($@) {
-		plan(skip_all => 'Test::Spelling::Comment required for testing comment spelling');
-	} else {
-		Test::Spelling::Comment->new()->add_stopwords(<DATA>)->all_files_ok();
-	}
-} else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
+Test::Spelling::Comment->import();
+Test::Spelling::Comment->new()->add_stopwords(<DATA>)->all_files_ok();
 
 __DATA__
 ArcGIS
diff --git a/t/critic.t b/t/critic.t
index a2206d9..0ecea67 100644
--- a/t/critic.t
+++ b/t/critic.t
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use File::Spec;
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::Perl::Critic';
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
-unless($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING}) {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
-
-eval "use Test::Perl::Critic";
-
-plan(skip_all => 'Test::Perl::Critic not installed; skipping') if $@;
-
-all_critic_ok();
+Test::Perl::Critic::all_critic_ok();
diff --git a/t/cv.t b/t/cv.t
index f2dc4c0..cf2d6ec 100644
--- a/t/cv.t
+++ b/t/cv.t
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::Most;
-
-if(!$ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
 
-eval 'use Test::ConsistentVersion';
-
-plan(skip_all => 'Test::ConsistentVersion required for checking versions') if $@;
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
+use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::ConsistentVersion';
 
 Test::ConsistentVersion::check_consistent_versions();
diff --git a/t/dist.t b/t/dist.t
index b8b3d67..c0d95ec 100644
--- a/t/dist.t
+++ b/t/dist.t
@@ -3,19 +3,8 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::Distribution';
 
-BEGIN {
-	if($ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-		eval {
-			require Test::Distribution;
-		};
-		if($@) {
-			plan(skip_all => 'Test::Distribution not installed');
-		} else {
-			Test::Distribution->import();
-		}
-	} else {
-		plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-	}
-}
+Test::Distribution->import();
diff --git a/t/eof.t b/t/eof.t
index b30f021..a50018d 100644
--- a/t/eof.t
+++ b/t/eof.t
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
-use Test::Needs 'Test::EOF';
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::EOF';
 
 Test::EOF->import();
 all_perl_files_ok({ minimum_newlines => 1, maximum_newlines => 4 });
diff --git a/t/eol.t b/t/eol.t
index 2465d3c..fbe9b40 100644
--- a/t/eol.t
+++ b/t/eol.t
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
-use Test::Needs 'Test::EOL';
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::EOL';
 
 Test::EOL->import();
 all_perl_files_ok({ trailing_whitespace => 1 });
diff --git a/t/kwalitee.t b/t/kwalitee.t
index 531bd16..298f726 100644
--- a/t/kwalitee.t
+++ b/t/kwalitee.t
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
 
-if($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING}) {
-	eval "use Test::Kwalitee tests => [ qw( -has_meta_yml ) ]";
+eval "use Test::Kwalitee tests => [ qw( -has_meta_yml ) ]";
 
-	if($@) {
-		plan(skip_all => 'Test::Kwalitee not installed; skipping') if $@;
-	} else {
-		unlink('Debian_CPANTS.txt') if -e 'Debian_CPANTS.txt';
-	}
+if($@) {
+	plan(skip_all => 'Test::Kwalitee not installed; skipping') if $@;
 } else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
+	unlink('Debian_CPANTS.txt') if -e 'Debian_CPANTS.txt';
 }
diff --git a/t/noplan.t b/t/noplan.t
index 0990cdd..e6f740a 100644
--- a/t/noplan.t
+++ b/t/noplan.t
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
 
-if($ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-	eval 'use Test::NoPlan qw / all_plans_ok /';
+eval 'use Test::NoPlan qw / all_plans_ok /';
 
-	if($@) {
-		plan(skip_all => 'Test::NoPlan required for test verification');
-	} else {
-		all_plans_ok();
-	}
+if($@) {
+	plan(skip_all => 'Test::NoPlan required for test verification');
 } else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
+	all_plans_ok();
 }
diff --git a/t/pod-synopsis.t b/t/pod-synopsis.t
index 1ae87ea..b23dd8c 100644
--- a/t/pod-synopsis.t
+++ b/t/pod-synopsis.t
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
 use Test::Needs 'Test::Synopsis';
 
-if($ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING}) {
-	Test::Synopsis->import();
-	all_synopsis_ok();
-} else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
+Test::Synopsis->import();
+all_synopsis_ok();
diff --git a/t/pod.t b/t/pod.t
index 0be9e38..29d7bc6 100644
--- a/t/pod.t
+++ b/t/pod.t
@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs { 'Test::Pod' => '1.22' };
 
-if($ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-	# Ensure a recent version of Test::Pod
-	my $min_tp = 1.22;
-	eval "use Test::Pod $min_tp";
-	plan(skip_all => "Test::Pod $min_tp required for testing POD") if $@;
+Test::Pod->import();
 
-	all_pod_files_ok();
-} else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
+all_pod_files_ok();
diff --git a/t/used.t b/t/used.t
index 52ac9da..8a791ef 100644
--- a/t/used.t
+++ b/t/used.t
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #!perl -w
 
 use strict;
-use Test::Most;
 
-unless($ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
+use Test::Most;
+use Test::Needs 'Test::Module::Used';
 
-eval 'use Test::Module::Used';
-if($@) {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Test::Module::Used required for testing all modules needed');
-} else {
-	my $used = Test::Module::Used->new(meta_file => 'MYMETA.yml');
-	$used->ok();
-}
+my $used = Test::Module::Used->new(meta_file => 'MYMETA.yml');
+$used->ok();
diff --git a/t/vars.t b/t/vars.t
index 16fa4e6..46622a5 100644
--- a/t/vars.t
+++ b/t/vars.t
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Test::DescribeMe qw(author);
 use Test::Most;
 use Test::Needs 'Test::Vars';
 
-if($ENV{'AUTHOR_TESTING'}) {
-	Test::Vars->import();
-	all_vars_ok(ignore_vars => { '$self' => 0 });
-} else {
-	plan(skip_all => 'Author tests not required for installation');
-}
+Test::Vars->import();
+all_vars_ok(ignore_vars => { '$self' => 0 });