diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7594d437cc..31516df8f2 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ unittest: posix_sitl_default
 	@(cd build_unittest && ctest -j2 --output-on-failure)
 
 run_tests_posix:
-	@$(call PX4_RUN,$(MAKE) --no-print-directory posix_sitl_default test_results_junit)
+	@$(call PX4_RUN,$(MAKE) --no-print-directory posix_sitl_default test_results)
 
 tests: run_tests_posix
 	@$(call PX4_RUN,$(MAKE) --no-print-directory unittest)
diff --git a/src/firmware/posix/CMakeLists.txt b/src/firmware/posix/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f799e7a15..2eada05695 100644
--- a/src/firmware/posix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/firmware/posix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -199,15 +199,18 @@ add_custom_target(test_results
 		USES_TERMINAL
 		COMMENT "Running tests in sitl"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
+set_target_properties(test_results PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
 
 add_custom_target(test_results_junit
 		COMMAND xsltproc ${PX4_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CTest2JUnit.xsl Testing/`head -n 1 < Testing/TAG`/Test.xml > JUnitTestResults.xml
 		COMMENT "Converting ctest output to junit xml"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
+set_target_properties(test_results_junit PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
 
 add_custom_target(test_cdash_submit
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} -D Experimental
 		USES_TERMINAL
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
+set_target_properties(test_cdash_submit PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
 
 # vim: set noet ft=cmake fenc=utf-8 ff=unix :