diff --git a/include/cmake.mk b/include/cmake.mk
index 29c5aacb831..96332b3b3de 100644
--- a/include/cmake.mk
+++ b/include/cmake.mk
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ define Build/Configure/Default
 			-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=TRUE \
 			-DCMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=FALSE \
 			-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=TRUE \
+			-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 			$(CMAKE_OPTIONS) \
 		$(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR) \
 	)
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ define Host/Configure/Default
 			-DCMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=FALSE \
 			-DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=TRUE \
 			-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+			-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 			$(CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS) \
 		$(HOST_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR) \
 	)
diff --git a/tools/cmake/Makefile b/tools/cmake/Makefile
index b70507baed8..0ab72afd155 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cmake/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS := \
 	--system-liblzma \
 	--system-zlib \
 	--system-zstd \
-	--generator=Ninja
+	--generator=Ninja \
+	-- -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
 
 CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS = \
 	-DZSTD_INCLUDE_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include" \
diff --git a/tools/cmake/patches/100-no-testing.patch b/tools/cmake/patches/100-no-testing.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae3bba6b74f..00000000000
--- a/tools/cmake/patches/100-no-testing.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- a/Modules/CTest.cmake
-+++ b/Modules/CTest.cmake
-@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ the :variable:`CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS` vari
- in the ``CTestConfig.cmake`` file.
- #]=======================================================================]
- 
--option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
-+option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." OFF)
- 
- # function to turn generator name into a version string
- # like vs9 or vs10
---- a/Modules/Dart.cmake
-+++ b/Modules/Dart.cmake
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if(cmp0145 STREQUAL "")
-   cmake_policy(ISSUE_WARNING CMP0145)
- endif()
- 
--option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
-+option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." OFF)
- 
- if(BUILD_TESTING)
-   # We only get here if a project already ran include(Dart),
---- a/Tests/Contracts/VTK/Dashboard.cmake.in
-+++ b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/Dashboard.cmake.in
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ctest_empty_binary_directory(${CTEST_BIN
- 
- file(WRITE "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}/CMakeCache.txt" "
-   VTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON
--  VTK_BUILD_TESTING:STRING=WANT
-+  VTK_BUILD_TESTING:STRING=OFF
-   VTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
-   ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES:FILEPATH=@base_dir@/ExternalData
- ")