diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 57224532c16e5..08e25e8cedf59 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{LDFLAGS})
   deduplicate_flags(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS)
 endif()
 
+if(BUILD_TESTS)
+  enable_testing()
+endif()
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH TRUE)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(doc)
diff --git a/cmake/tests.cmake b/cmake/tests.cmake
index 0abccf5999f1e..7f597262c82d0 100644
--- a/cmake/tests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/tests.cmake
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-include(CTest)
-
 if(TARGET bitcoin-util AND TARGET bitcoin-tx AND PYTHON_COMMAND)
   add_test(NAME util_test_runner
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env BITCOINUTIL=$<TARGET_FILE:bitcoin-util> BITCOINTX=$<TARGET_FILE:bitcoin-tx> ${PYTHON_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/test/util/test_runner.py