diff --git a/tests/idl/programs/external/Cargo.toml b/tests/idl/programs/external/Cargo.toml
index e551d008d3..8ac2131ca4 100644
--- a/tests/idl/programs/external/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/idl/programs/external/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ default = []
 
 [dependencies]
 anchor-lang = { path = "../../../../lang" }
-anchor-spl = { path = "../../../../spl" }
diff --git a/tests/idl/programs/generics/Cargo.toml b/tests/idl/programs/generics/Cargo.toml
index 6e6d13c25f..86cf30b020 100644
--- a/tests/idl/programs/generics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/idl/programs/generics/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ default = []
 
 [dependencies]
 anchor-lang = { path = "../../../../lang" }
-anchor-spl = { path = "../../../../spl" }
 external = { path = "../external", features = ["no-entrypoint"] }
diff --git a/tests/sysvars/programs/sysvars/Cargo.toml b/tests/sysvars/programs/sysvars/Cargo.toml
index 7743752b76..08195f0449 100644
--- a/tests/sysvars/programs/sysvars/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/sysvars/programs/sysvars/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ name = "sysvars"
 [features]
 no-entrypoint = []
 cpi = ["no-entrypoint"]
-idl-build = ["anchor-lang/idl-build", "anchor-spl/idl-build"]
+idl-build = ["anchor-lang/idl-build"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anchor-lang = { path = "../../../../lang" }
-anchor-spl = { path = "../../../../spl" }