diff --git a/target/snitch_cluster/sw/tests/Makefile b/target/snitch_cluster/sw/tests/Makefile
index 4768323eb4..4a944b8ef8 100644
--- a/target/snitch_cluster/sw/tests/Makefile
+++ b/target/snitch_cluster/sw/tests/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ RISCV_LDFLAGS += -lsnRuntime
 ###########
 
 TEST_LIST  ?= run.yaml
-APPS        = $(shell $(MK_DIR)/../../../../util/sim/list_apps.py --in-dir tests/ $(MK_DIR)/../$(TEST_LIST))
+APPS        = $(basename $(notdir $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.c)))
 ELFS        = $(abspath $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(addsuffix .elf,$(APPS))))
 DEPS        = $(abspath $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(addsuffix .d,$(APPS))))
 DUMPS       = $(abspath $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(addsuffix .dump,$(APPS))))