diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 27d176177..da63a2e72 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	dh $@ --dbg-package=libgit2-dbg
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- -DBUILD_CLAR:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+	dh_auto_configure -- -DBUILD_CLAR:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
 override_dh_makeshlibs:
 	dh_makeshlibs -V 'libgit2-0 (>= 0.16.0)'