diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 92983139c..a780a6c88 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build_script:
   - dir C:\mingw-w64
 
 test_script:
-  - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% V=0 nimbus
+  - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% V=0
   - build\nimbus.exe --help
   - mingw32-make -j2 ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% V=0 test
   - IF "%PLATFORM%" == "x64" mingw32-make -j2 test-reproducibility
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0eaa35ed5..8253a6767 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - set -e # fail fast
-  - make -j${NPROC} V=0 nimbus
+  - make -j${NPROC} V=0
   - ./build/nimbus --help
   - make -j${NPROC} V=0 test test-reproducibility
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ccb1d3921..729331579 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ testsuite: | build deps
 
 #- builds the tools, to make sure they're still compilable
 #- builds and runs all tests
-test: | $(TOOLS) testsuite
+test: | testsuite
 
 # primitive reproducibility test
 test-reproducibility: