diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index b5f08e8cab33..e4bb1de1d526 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile for vm selftests
 
-ifndef OUTPUT
-  OUTPUT := $(shell pwd)
-endif
-
 CFLAGS = -Wall -I ../../../../usr/include $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 BINARIES = compaction_test
 BINARIES += hugepage-mmap