diff --git a/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt b/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
index ccd8337c20..38948ecf48 100755
--- a/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -447,9 +447,7 @@ if(${RUN_HIT} EQUAL 0)
     execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_directory "${HIP_COMMON_BIN_DIR}" "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/bin" RESULT_VARIABLE RUN_HIT ERROR_QUIET)
 endif()
 if(HIP_CATCH_TEST EQUAL "1")
-    enable_testing()
-    set(HIP_PATH ${HIP_ROOT_DIR})
-    add_subdirectory(${HIP_COMMON_DIR}/tests/catch ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/catch)
+	message(STATUS "Building of catch tests through hipamd is no longer supported. Testing targets will not be available. catch tests have been moved to an independent github project hip-tests. Please refer to hip-tests Readme for build instructions! ")
 else()
     if(${RUN_HIT} EQUAL 0)
         set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${HIP_ROOT_DIR}/cmake" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})