diff --git a/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.SlackBuild b/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.SlackBuild
index e5cbf333c3..fe30f33c75 100644
--- a/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.SlackBuild
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ find -L . \
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
   cmake \
-    -DBITSERY_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+    -DBITSERY_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None ..
   make
-  ctest --test-dir tests
   make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 cd ..
 
diff --git a/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.info b/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.info
index ecf52cdfff..31b17ecf4b 100644
--- a/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.info
+++ b/libraries/bitsery/bitsery.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/fraillt/bitsery/archive/v5.2.3/bitsery-5.2.3.tar.gz
 MD5SUM="d1b40382c4329788f6635a56a91bfaf8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="gtest"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Martin Bångens"
 EMAIL="marbangens@gmail.com"