diff --git a/cmake/tests.cmake b/cmake/tests.cmake
index e0bb729ba17..7bab6a0c45f 100644
--- a/cmake/tests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/tests.cmake
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-if(TARGET bitcoin-util AND TARGET bitcoin-tx AND TARGET Python3::Interpreter)
-  add_test(NAME util_test_runner
-    COMMAND Python3::Interpreter ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/util/test_runner.py
-  )
-endif()
+add_test(NAME util_test_runner
+  COMMAND Python3::Interpreter ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/util/test_runner.py
+)
+set_tests_properties(util_test_runner PROPERTIES
+  DISABLED $<NOT:$<AND:$<TARGET_EXISTS:Python3::Interpreter>,$<TARGET_EXISTS:bitcoin-util>,$<TARGET_EXISTS:bitcoin-tx>>>
+)
 
-if(TARGET Python3::Interpreter)
-  add_test(NAME util_rpcauth_test
-    COMMAND Python3::Interpreter ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/util/rpcauth-test.py
-  )
-endif()
+add_test(NAME util_rpcauth_test
+  COMMAND Python3::Interpreter ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/util/rpcauth-test.py
+)
+set_tests_properties(util_rpcauth_test PROPERTIES
+  DISABLED $<NOT:$<TARGET_EXISTS:Python3::Interpreter>>
+)