diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 149d56ee5ac..a04fbee23fc 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -328,6 +328,16 @@ Install files for packaging:
 make install DESTDIR=…
 ----
 
+Automatically tidy all perl files:
+----
+tools/tidyall
+----
+
+Tidy all changed perl files:
+----
+tools/tidyall --git
+----
+
 Further notes:
 
 * When using the `test-perl-testsuite` target, `ctest` is not used (and therefore `ctest`
diff --git a/xt/00-tidy.t b/xt/00-tidy.t
deleted file mode 100755
index 0853e129b86..00000000000
--- a/xt/00-tidy.t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-# Copyright 2021 SUSE LLC
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-use Test::Most;
-use Test::Code::TidyAll;
-tidyall_ok();
diff --git a/xt/00-tidy.t b/xt/00-tidy.t
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..7fa43267f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xt/00-tidy.t
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../external/os-autoinst-common/xt/00-tidy.t
\ No newline at end of file