diff --git a/ostree.spec b/ostree.spec
index 7f6b21c..098a91a 100644
--- a/ostree.spec
+++ b/ostree.spec
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
            --without-soup \
            %{?with_composefs:--with-composefs} \
            %{?with_tests:--with-soup3} \
+           %{?!with_tests:--without-soup3} \
            %{?with_tests:--enable-installed-tests=exclusive} \
            --with-dracut=yesbutnoconf
 %make_build