diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d62171..51454af 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ set(ALL_TEST_NAMES
     test_visit
     test_object_iterator)
 
-set(NOBUILD_TEST_NAMES
-    test_json_parse_cli
-)
+set(NOBUILD_TEST_NAMES "")
+if (BUILD_APPS)
+  set(NOBUILD_TEST_NAMES ${NOBUILD_TEST_NAMES} test_json_parse_cli)
+endif()
 
 if (NOT DISABLE_JSON_POINTER)
     set(ALL_TEST_NAMES ${ALL_TEST_NAMES} test_json_pointer)
diff --git a/tests/test_json_parse_cli.test b/tests/test_json_parse_cli.test
index 0982afe..c4359ca 100755
--- a/tests/test_json_parse_cli.test
+++ b/tests/test_json_parse_cli.test
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 
 set -x -v
 
-echo -n '"tenant=blue;note=CANARY_STACK_WINDOW_2026;status=ok"' > file1.dat
+printf '%s' '"tenant=blue;note=CANARY_STACK_WINDOW_2026;status=ok"' > file1.dat
 (printf '"' ; printf 'A%.0s' $(seq 1 16) ; echo 'e2'  | xxd -r -p) > file2.dat
 
 TESTNAME="${0##*/}"