diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3c9606..a783c57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ target_link_libraries( lapacktest
 
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile tester library
+if(FALSE)
 add_library( tester ${libtest_all} )
 target_link_libraries( tester
     magma
@@ -576,8 +577,7 @@ target_link_libraries( tester
     ${blas_fix}
     ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}
 )
-
-
+endif()
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile MAGMA sparse library
 
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ add_custom_target( sparse-lib DEPENDS magma_sparse )
 
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile each tester
-
+if(FALSE)
 # save testers to testing/
 # save tester lib files to testing_lib/ to avoid cluttering lib/
 set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY testing )
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ foreach( TEST ${sparse_testing_all} )
     list( APPEND sparse-testing ${EXE} )
 endforeach()
 add_custom_target( sparse-testing DEPENDS ${sparse-testing} )
-
+endif()
 
 # ----------------------------------------
 # what to install