diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60fe3f97a..f66ec4b61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ add_custom_target(testall
   COMMENT "Running full test suite..." VERBATIM)
 
 add_custom_target(testcore
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} -DBUILD_TESTS=Y -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -DWITH_SCRIPTS=N -DMAXSCALE_VARDIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} -DBUILD_TESTS=Y -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -DWITH_SCRIPTS=N -DWITH_MAXSCALE_CNF=N -DMAXSCALE_VARDIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
   COMMAND make install
   COMMAND ctest -R Internal
   COMMENT "Running core test suite..." VERBATIM)