diff --git a/tests/scripts/curves.pl b/tests/scripts/curves.pl
index 11b7d46e54..545b3b7258 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/curves.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/curves.pl
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ my $sed_cmd = 's/^#define \(MBEDTLS_ECP_DP.*_ENABLED\)/\1/p';
 my $config_h = 'include/mbedtls/config.h';
 my @curves = split( /\s+/, `sed -n -e '$sed_cmd' $config_h` );
 
-my $test = system( "grep -i cmake Makefile >/dev/null" ) ? 'check' : 'test';
-
 system( "cp $config_h $config_h.bak" ) and die;
 sub abort {
     system( "mv $config_h.bak $config_h" ) and warn "$config_h not restored\n";
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ for my $curve (@curves) {
 
     system( "make mbedtls" ) and abort "Failed to build lib: $curve\n";
     system( "cd tests && make" ) and abort "Failed to build tests: $curve\n";
-    system( "make $test" ) and abort "Failed test suite: $curve\n";
+    system( "make test" ) and abort "Failed test suite: $curve\n";
 
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl b/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
index 1c973eb10f..d1cc924bf2 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ if ($#ARGV >= 0) {
 
 -d 'library' && -d 'include' && -d 'tests' or die "Must be run from root\n";
 
-my $test = system( "grep -i cmake Makefile >/dev/null" ) ? 'check' : 'test';
-
 my $config_h = 'include/mbedtls/config.h';
 
 system( "cp $config_h $config_h.bak" ) and die;
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ while( my ($conf, $args) = each %configs ) {
         and abort "Failed to activate $conf\n";
 
     system( "make" ) and abort "Failed to build: $conf\n";
-    system( "make $test" ) and abort "Failed test suite: $conf\n";
+    system( "make test" ) and abort "Failed test suite: $conf\n";
 
     if( $args )
     {