diff --git a/tests/SConscript b/tests/SConscript
index bdaad04768..59ca904f95 100644
--- a/tests/SConscript
+++ b/tests/SConscript
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright (c) 2017-2025 Arm Limited.
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Arm Limited.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ if not build_test_framework:
 else:
     SConscript('./framework/SConscript', duplicate=0)
 
-Import("arm_compute_test_framework")
-test_env.Append(LIBS = arm_compute_test_framework)
+if test_env['validation_tests'] or test_env['benchmark_tests'] or test_env['benchmark_examples'] or test_env['profile']:
+    Import("arm_compute_test_framework")
+    test_env.Append(LIBS = arm_compute_test_framework)
 
 # Disable floating-point expression contraction (e.g. fused multiply-add operations)
 if not 'windows' in env['os']:
diff --git a/tests/framework/SConscript b/tests/framework/SConscript
index cca5169099..13a125247f 100644
--- a/tests/framework/SConscript
+++ b/tests/framework/SConscript
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright (c) 2017-2022, 2024 Arm Limited.
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2022, 2024, 2026 Arm Limited.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ if framework_env['HOST_OS'] == 'posix':
     #Set up directory for temp files. To prevent permission issue, the temp files are in the same directory with output files
     framework_env['TEMPFILEDIR'] = framework_env['build_dir']
 
-arm_compute_test_framework = framework_env.StaticLibrary('arm_compute_test_framework', files)
+if framework_env['validation_tests'] or framework_env['benchmark_tests'] or framework_env['benchmark_examples'] or framework_env['profile']:
+    arm_compute_test_framework = framework_env.StaticLibrary('arm_compute_test_framework', files)
 
-Default(arm_compute_test_framework)
-Export('arm_compute_test_framework')
+    Default(arm_compute_test_framework)
+    Export('arm_compute_test_framework')