diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a019b4a4..06162c044 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ endif()
 ecbuild_get_test_multidata( TARGET eccodes_download_gribs
                             NOCHECK
                             NAMES ${files_to_download} )
-set_property( TEST eccodes_download_gribs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+
+if( ENABLE_TESTS )
+  set_property( TEST eccodes_download_gribs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+endif()
+
 
 # Copy other files - e.g. reference data, text files etc from the source data dir
 LIST(APPEND other_files
diff --git a/data/bufr/CMakeLists.txt b/data/bufr/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ca254cbe..8f4818bec 100644
--- a/data/bufr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/bufr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ ecbuild_get_test_multidata(
      NOCHECK
      NAMES ${bufr_files_to_download} ${bufr_refs_to_download}
 )
-set_property( TEST eccodes_download_bufrs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+if( ENABLE_TESTS )
+  set_property( TEST eccodes_download_bufrs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+endif()
 
 # Copy other files - e.g. text files etc from the source data/bufr dir
 LIST(APPEND other_files
diff --git a/data/gts/CMakeLists.txt b/data/gts/CMakeLists.txt
index 6566884c0..cee7c74ec 100644
--- a/data/gts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/gts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ ecbuild_get_test_multidata(
      NOCHECK
      NAMES ${gts_files_to_download} ${gts_refs_to_download}
 )
-set_property( TEST eccodes_download_gts APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+if( ENABLE_TESTS )
+  set_property( TEST eccodes_download_gts APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+endif()
+
 
 # Copy other files - e.g. text files etc from the source data/gts dir
 LIST(APPEND other_files
diff --git a/data/metar/CMakeLists.txt b/data/metar/CMakeLists.txt
index e292ac267..f1ab80808 100644
--- a/data/metar/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/metar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ ecbuild_get_test_multidata(
      NOCHECK
      NAMES ${metar_files_to_download} ${metar_refs_to_download}
 )
-set_property( TEST eccodes_download_metars APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
 
+if( ENABLE_TESTS )
+  set_property( TEST eccodes_download_metars APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+endif()
 
 # Copy other files - e.g. text files etc from the source data/metar dir
 LIST(APPEND other_files
diff --git a/data/tigge/CMakeLists.txt b/data/tigge/CMakeLists.txt
index 522f3243b..adab34f6c 100644
--- a/data/tigge/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/tigge/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" tigge_files_to_download "${tigge_files_to_download
 ecbuild_get_test_multidata( TARGET eccodes_download_tigge_gribs
                             NOCHECK
                             NAMES ${tigge_files_to_download} )
-set_property( TEST eccodes_download_tigge_gribs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
-
+if( ENABLE_TESTS )
+  set_property( TEST eccodes_download_tigge_gribs APPEND PROPERTY LABELS download_data )
+endif()