diff --git a/modules/rostests/apitests/apphelp/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rostests/apitests/apphelp/CMakeLists.txt
index ec218d2230e..06ca2ba83a9 100644
--- a/modules/rostests/apitests/apphelp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/rostests/apitests/apphelp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testdb.sdb
                    COMMAND native-xml2sdb -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/testdb.xml -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testdb.sdb
                    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/testdb.xml native-xml2sdb)
                    
-add_custom_target(testdb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testdb.sdb)
-add_rc_deps(testdata.rc testdb)
+add_rc_deps(testdata.rc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testdb.sdb)
 add_executable(apphelp_apitest ${SOURCE})
 set_module_type(apphelp_apitest win32cui)
 target_link_libraries(apphelp_apitest ${PSEH_LIB})