diff --git a/tests/testengine/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/testengine/CMakeLists.txt
index e9b1270ec..7da0fdff2 100644
--- a/tests/testengine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/testengine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(
 
 target_link_libraries(plasma_engine_testengine
                       KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::Plasma)
-
-install(TARGETS plasma_engine_testengine DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
-install(FILES plasma-dataengine-testengine.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR} )