diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed753b9..5dc80c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(NOT DEFINED CAF_USE_STD_FORMAT)
   set(CAF_USE_STD_FORMAT OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable std::format support" FORCE)
-  if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+  if(0)
     set(snippet "#include <format>
                  #include <iostream>
                  int main() { std::cout << std::format(\"{}\", \"ok\"); }")
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ endif()
 
 # -- create the libcaf_test target ahead of time for caf_core ------------------
 
-add_library(libcaf_test)
 
 # -- add uninstall target if it does not exist yet -----------------------------
 
@@ -289,8 +288,6 @@ function(caf_add_component name)
       string(REPLACE "/" "-" test_name "${test_path}/${test_name}-test")
       add_executable("${test_name}" ${source_file}
                      $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${obj_lib_target}>)
-      target_link_libraries(${test_name} PRIVATE libcaf_test
-                            ${CAF_ADD_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES})
       target_include_directories(${test_name} PRIVATE
                                  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
                                  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
@@ -314,8 +311,6 @@ function(caf_add_component name)
     add_executable(${tst_bin_target}
                    ${CAF_ADD_COMPONENT_LEGACY_TEST_SOURCES}
                    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${obj_lib_target}>)
-    target_link_libraries(${tst_bin_target} PRIVATE libcaf_test
-                          ${CAF_ADD_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES})
     target_include_directories(${tst_bin_target} PRIVATE
                                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/legacy")
     if(CAF_ADD_COMPONENT_LEGACY_TEST_SUITES)
@@ -373,7 +368,6 @@ endfunction()
 
 add_subdirectory(libcaf_core)
 
-add_subdirectory(libcaf_test)
 
 if(CAF_ENABLE_NET_MODULE)
   add_subdirectory(libcaf_net)