diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aba0fd1d76cb..14f0bd3f6225 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,5 +46,12 @@ set(BUILD_LUA_LIBS ON)
 set(BUILD_JS_LIBS ON)
 
 add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/cocos ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/cocos/core)
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests)
 
+# prevent tests project to build "cocos2d-x/cocos" again
+set(BUILD_ENGINE_DONE ON)
+# add engine all tests project
+add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/cpp-empty-test ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/cpp-empty-test)
+add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/cpp-tests ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/cpp-tests)
+add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/js-tests/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/js-tests)
+add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/lua-empty-test/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/lua-empty-test)
+add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/lua-tests/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/lua-test)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 999225a79856..000000000000
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#/****************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2013 cocos2d-x.org
-# Copyright (c) 2014 martell malone
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Chukong Technologies Inc.
-#
-# http://www.cocos2d-x.org
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-# THE SOFTWARE.
-# ****************************************************************************/
-
-# build all test projects, it need the engine library
-
-# library have been build, on ../CMakeLists.txt, used to prevent tests project build engine lib again
-set(BUILD_ENGINE_DONE ON)
-
-# add engine all tests project
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/cpp-empty-test ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/cpp-empty-test)
-
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/cpp-tests ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/cpp-tests)
-
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/js-tests/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/js-tests)
-
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/lua-empty-test/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/lua-empty-test)
-
-add_subdirectory(${COCOS2DX_ROOT_PATH}/tests/lua-tests/project ${ENGINE_BINARY_PATH}/tests/lua-test)