diff --git a/tests/fdb/tools/auxiliary/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fdb/tools/auxiliary/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f4df74e5..aa8fcd9cf 100644
--- a/tests/fdb/tools/auxiliary/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fdb/tools/auxiliary/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-ecbuild_configure_file( move_auxiliary.sh.in fdb_move_auxiliary.sh @ONLY )
+if (HAVE_FDB_BUILD_TOOLS)
+    ecbuild_configure_file( move_auxiliary.sh.in fdb_move_auxiliary.sh @ONLY )
+
+    ecbuild_add_test(
+        TYPE SCRIPT
+        CONDITION HAVE_FDB_BUILD_TOOLS
+        COMMAND fdb_move_auxiliary.sh)
+endif()
 
-ecbuild_add_test(
-    TYPE SCRIPT
-    CONDITION HAVE_FDB_BUILD_TOOLS
-    COMMAND fdb_move_auxiliary.sh)
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