diff --git a/tests/xharness/MakefileGenerator.cs b/tests/xharness/MakefileGenerator.cs
index 8cc1aaaa0e8b..d9a55323ed49 100644
--- a/tests/xharness/MakefileGenerator.cs
+++ b/tests/xharness/MakefileGenerator.cs
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ public static void CreateMacMakefile (IHarness harness, IEnumerable<MacTarget> t
 				// special case for those targets that are auto generated from the mono assemblies
 				allTargets.RemoveAll (v => v.IsBCLProject);
 
-				// we can only execute executable projects
-				allTargets.RemoveAll (v => !v.IsExe);
-
 				// build/[install/]run targets for specific test projects.
 				foreach (var target in allTargets) {
 					var make_escaped_simplified_name = target.SimplifiedName.Replace (" ", "\\ ");