diff --git a/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
index 64a3b8cd0..9456b5bf4 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/qttest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -331,12 +331,16 @@ target_compile_definitions(tst_conductorselfretrace PRIVATE
 
 # qet.conductorUuids() / qet.conductorEnds(): a script lists a folio's
 # conductors by uuid and finds each one's two ends. Runs a script through
-# the real binary's --run on fixtures/qet_bug_repro_resaved.qet.
-add_executable(
-  tst_scriptconductoruuid
-  tst_scriptconductoruuid.cpp)
-add_test(NAME tst_scriptconductoruuid COMMAND tst_scriptconductoruuid)
-add_dependencies(tst_scriptconductoruuid qelectrotech)
-target_link_libraries(tst_scriptconductoruuid PRIVATE Qt::Test)
-target_compile_definitions(tst_scriptconductoruuid PRIVATE
-  "QET_TEST_BINARY_PATH=\"$<TARGET_FILE:qelectrotech>\"")
+# the real binary's --run on fixtures/qet_bug_repro_resaved.qet, so only
+# where --run exists: a build without the Qt Qml module has no scripting
+# (see QET_HAS_SCRIPTING in the top-level CMakeLists.txt).
+if(QET_HAS_SCRIPTING)
+  add_executable(
+    tst_scriptconductoruuid
+    tst_scriptconductoruuid.cpp)
+  add_test(NAME tst_scriptconductoruuid COMMAND tst_scriptconductoruuid)
+  add_dependencies(tst_scriptconductoruuid qelectrotech)
+  target_link_libraries(tst_scriptconductoruuid PRIVATE Qt::Test)
+  target_compile_definitions(tst_scriptconductoruuid PRIVATE
+    "QET_TEST_BINARY_PATH=\"$<TARGET_FILE:qelectrotech>\"")
+endif()