diff --git a/dev-cpp/xsimd/xsimd-10.0.0.ebuild b/dev-cpp/xsimd/xsimd-10.0.0.ebuild
index 0398f664b8..0c4a791b3e 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/xsimd/xsimd-10.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/xsimd/xsimd-10.0.0.ebuild
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	use test && cmake_src_compile xtest
-
 	if use doc; then
 		cd "${WORKDIR}/${P}/docs" || die
 		emake html BUILDDIR="${BUILD_DIR}"
 		HTML_DOCS=( "${BUILD_DIR}/html/." )
 	fi
 }
+
+src_test() {
+	cmake_src_compile xtest
+}