diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56a3c84..0d5d83d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ target_link_libraries( lapacktest
 )
 
 
+if(FALSE)
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile tester library
 add_library( tester ${libtest_all} )
@@ -580,6 +581,7 @@ target_link_libraries( tester
     ${blas_fix}
     ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}
 )
+endif()
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------
@@ -621,6 +623,7 @@ endif()
 add_custom_target( sparse-lib DEPENDS magma_sparse )
 
 
+if(FALSE)
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile each tester
 
@@ -668,6 +671,7 @@ foreach( TEST ${sparse_testing_all} )
     list( APPEND sparse-testing ${EXE} )
 endforeach()
 add_custom_target( sparse-testing DEPENDS ${sparse-testing} )
+endif()
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------