diff --git a/components/bootloader/project_include.cmake b/components/bootloader/project_include.cmake
index d59689820d..557c42742f 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/project_include.cmake
+++ b/components/bootloader/project_include.cmake
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ externalproject_add(bootloader
     # TODO: support overriding the bootloader in COMPONENT_PATHS
     SOURCE_DIR "${IDF_PATH}/components/bootloader/subproject"
     BINARY_DIR "${bootloader_build_dir}"
-    CMAKE_ARGS  -DSDKCONFIG=${SDKCONFIG} -DIDF_PATH=${IDF_PATH} -DEXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS=${COMPONENT_DIRS}
-                -DTESTS_ALL=0 -DTEST_COMPONENTS=""
+    CMAKE_ARGS  -DSDKCONFIG=${SDKCONFIG} -DIDF_PATH=${IDF_PATH}
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_ALWAYS 1  # no easy way around this...
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${bootloader_binary_files}