diff --git a/dev-libs/properties-cpp/properties-cpp-0.0.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/properties-cpp/properties-cpp-0.0.2.ebuild
index 23f3e75485..77afcce741 100644
--- a/dev-libs/properties-cpp/properties-cpp-0.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/properties-cpp/properties-cpp-0.0.2.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	use !doc && truncate -s0 doc/CMakeLists.txt
-	use !test && truncate -s0 tests/CMakeLists.txt
 	cmake_src_prepare
 }