diff --git a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.gitignore b/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 02c08753..00000000
--- a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-/.build
-/Packages
-/*.xcodeproj
diff --git a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c08df87d..00000000
--- a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--   id: swift-hooks-repo
-    name: Swift hooks repo example
-    description: Runs the hello world app generated by swift package init --type executable (binary called swift_hooks_repo here)
-    entry: swift_hooks_repo
-    language: swift
-    files: \.(swift)$
diff --git a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Package.swift b/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Package.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index 04976d3f..00000000
--- a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Package.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.0
-import PackageDescription
-
-let package = Package(
-    name: "swift_hooks_repo",
-    targets: [.target(name: "swift_hooks_repo")]
-)
diff --git a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Sources/swift_hooks_repo/main.swift b/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Sources/swift_hooks_repo/main.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index f7cf60e1..00000000
--- a/testing/resources/swift_hooks_repo/Sources/swift_hooks_repo/main.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-print("Hello, world!")
diff --git a/testing/util.py b/testing/util.py
index 324f1f6c..a5ae06d0 100644
--- a/testing/util.py
+++ b/testing/util.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import subprocess
 
 import pytest
 
-from pre_commit import parse_shebang
 from pre_commit.util import CalledProcessError
 from pre_commit.util import cmd_output
 from pre_commit.util import cmd_output_b
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ skipif_cant_run_lua = pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.name == 'nt',
     reason="lua isn't installed or can't be found",
 )
-skipif_cant_run_swift = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    parse_shebang.find_executable('swift') is None,
-    reason="swift isn't installed or can't be found",
-)
 xfailif_windows = pytest.mark.xfail(os.name == 'nt', reason='windows')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/languages/swift_test.py b/tests/languages/swift_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a8ea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/languages/swift_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from pre_commit.languages import swift
+from testing.language_helpers import run_language
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform == 'win32',
+    reason='swift is not supported on windows',
+)
+def test_swift_language(tmp_path):  # pragma: win32 no cover
+    package_swift = '''\
+// swift-tools-version:5.0
+import PackageDescription
+
+let package = Package(
+    name: "swift_hooks_repo",
+    targets: [.target(name: "swift_hooks_repo")]
+)
+'''
+    tmp_path.joinpath('Package.swift').write_text(package_swift)
+    src_dir = tmp_path.joinpath('Sources/swift_hooks_repo')
+    src_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+    src_dir.joinpath('main.swift').write_text('print("Hello, world!")\n')
+
+    expected = (0, b'Hello, world!\n')
+    assert run_language(tmp_path, swift, 'swift_hooks_repo') == expected
diff --git a/tests/repository_test.py b/tests/repository_test.py
index 0bf27967..fc276984 100644
--- a/tests/repository_test.py
+++ b/tests/repository_test.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from testing.util import cwd
 from testing.util import get_resource_path
 from testing.util import skipif_cant_run_docker
 from testing.util import skipif_cant_run_lua
-from testing.util import skipif_cant_run_swift
 from testing.util import xfailif_windows
 
 
@@ -329,14 +328,6 @@ def test_system_hook_with_spaces(tempdir_factory, store):
     )
 
 
-@skipif_cant_run_swift  # pragma: win32 no cover
-def test_swift_hook(tempdir_factory, store):
-    _test_hook_repo(
-        tempdir_factory, store, 'swift_hooks_repo',
-        'swift-hooks-repo', [], b'Hello, world!\n',
-    )
-
-
 def test_golang_system_hook(tempdir_factory, store):
     _test_hook_repo(
         tempdir_factory, store, 'golang_hooks_repo',