diff --git a/components/json/CMakeLists.txt b/components/json/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ecadb3858..37ca9a6d6d 100644
--- a/components/json/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "cJSON/cJSON.c"
                             "cJSON/cJSON_Utils.c"
-                            "cJSON/test.c" 
                     INCLUDE_DIRS cJSON)