diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index 743f49f9890..d61d4d4c43e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ function(add_qtc_test name)
   endif()
 
   foreach(dependency ${_arg_DEPENDS})
-    if (NOT TARGET ${dependency} AND NOT _arg_GTEST)
+    if (NOT TARGET ${dependency})
       if (WITH_DEBUG_CMAKE)
         message(STATUS  "'${dependency}' is not a target")
       endif()