diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 828911d..244a732 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -635,37 +635,10 @@ add_custom_target( lib DEPENDS magma )
 # compile lapacktest library
 # If use fortran, compile only Fortran files, not magma_[sdcz]_no_fortran.cpp
 # else,           compile only C++     files, not Fortran files
-if (USE_FORTRAN)
-    foreach( filename ${liblapacktest_all} )
-        if (filename MATCHES "\\.(f|f90|F90)$")
-            list( APPEND liblapacktest_all_f ${filename} )
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-    add_library( lapacktest ${liblapacktest_all_f} )
-else()
-    # alternatively, use only C/C++/CUDA files, including magma_[sdcz]_no_fortran.cpp
-    foreach( filename ${liblapacktest_all} )
-        if (filename MATCHES "\\.(c|cu|cpp)$")
-            list( APPEND liblapacktest_all_cpp ${filename} )
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-    add_library( lapacktest ${liblapacktest_all_cpp} )
-endif()
-target_link_libraries( lapacktest
-    ${blas_fix}
-    ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}
-)
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------
 # compile tester library
-add_library( tester ${libtest_all} )
-target_link_libraries( tester
-    magma
-    lapacktest
-    ${blas_fix}
-    ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}
-)
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------
@@ -679,7 +652,6 @@ else()
   include_directories( sparse_hip/include )
   include_directories( sparse_hip/control )
 endif()
-include_directories( testing )
 
 if (MAGMA_ENABLE_CUDA)
   add_library( magma_sparse ${libsparse_all} )
@@ -717,20 +689,6 @@ set( CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY testing_lib )
 set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY testing_lib )
 
 # skip Fortran testers, which require an extra file from CUDA
-foreach( filename ${testing_all} )
-    if (filename MATCHES "\\.(c|cu|cpp)$")
-        list( APPEND testing_all_cpp ${filename} )
-    endif()
-endforeach()
-foreach( TEST ${testing_all_cpp} )
-    string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.(cpp|f90|F90)" "" EXE ${TEST} )
-    string( REGEX REPLACE "testing/" "" EXE ${EXE} )
-    #message( "${TEST} --> ${EXE}" )
-    add_executable( ${EXE} ${TEST} )
-    target_link_libraries( ${EXE} tester lapacktest magma )
-    list( APPEND testing ${EXE} )
-endforeach()
-add_custom_target( testing DEPENDS ${testing} )
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------
@@ -743,17 +701,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 
-set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${SPARSE_TEST_DIR}" )
-cmake_policy( SET CMP0037 OLD)
-foreach( TEST ${sparse_testing_all} )
-    string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.(cpp|f90|F90)"     "" EXE ${TEST} )
-    string( REGEX REPLACE "${SPARSE_TEST_DIR}/" "" EXE ${EXE} )
-    #message( "${TEST} --> ${EXE}" )
-    add_executable( ${EXE} ${TEST} )
-    target_link_libraries( ${EXE} magma_sparse magma )
-    list( APPEND sparse-testing ${EXE} )
-endforeach()
-add_custom_target( sparse-testing DEPENDS ${sparse-testing} )
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------