diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index aa38e568b5..3edf81129b 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -302,10 +302,6 @@ if env_base["target"] == "debug":
     # http://scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user/ch06s04.html
     env_base.SetOption("implicit_cache", 1)
 
-if not env_base["tools"]:
-    # Export templates can't run unit test tool.
-    env_base["tests"] = False
-
 if env_base["no_editor_splash"]:
     env_base.Append(CPPDEFINES=["NO_EDITOR_SPLASH"])
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/test_gdscript.cpp b/modules/gdscript/tests/test_gdscript.cpp
index 898ac653f5..3cc0eee672 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/tests/test_gdscript.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/test_gdscript.cpp
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ static void test_parser(const String &p_code, const String &p_script_path, const
 			print_line(vformat("%02d:%02d: %s", error.line, error.column, error.message));
 		}
 	}
-
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	GDScriptParser::TreePrinter printer;
-
 	printer.print_tree(parser);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void test_compiler(const String &p_code, const String &p_script_path, const Vector<String> &p_lines) {
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ static void test_compiler(const String &p_code, const String &p_script_path, con
 			signature += func->get_argument_name(i);
 		}
 		print_line(signature + ")");
-
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 		func->disassemble(p_lines);
+#endif
 		print_line("");
 		print_line("");
 	}
diff --git a/tests/test_text_server.h b/tests/test_text_server.h
index b0b40447fe..3d700f8ec4 100644
--- a/tests/test_text_server.h
+++ b/tests/test_text_server.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 /* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
 /*************************************************************************/
 
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+
 #ifndef TEST_TEXT_SERVER_H
 #define TEST_TEXT_SERVER_H
 
@@ -247,3 +249,4 @@ TEST_SUITE("[[TextServer]") {
 }; // namespace TestTextServer
 
 #endif // TEST_TEXT_SERVER_H
+#endif // TOOLS_ENABLED