diff --git a/dist/dist-linux/installer-linux/pom.xml b/dist/dist-linux/installer-linux/pom.xml
index a7352a74..d53dc032 100644
--- a/dist/dist-linux/installer-linux/pom.xml
+++ b/dist/dist-linux/installer-linux/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
             <groupId>app.logorrr.dist.repackaged</groupId>
             <artifactId>dist-repackaged</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- adds dependency to force app-tests to be run before proceeding with this module -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>app.logorrr</groupId>
-            <artifactId>app-tests</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -97,4 +91,17 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>app-tests</id>
+            <dependencies>
+                <!-- adds dependency to force app-tests to be run before proceeding with this module -->
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>app.logorrr</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>app-tests</artifactId>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/dist-win/installer-win-jre/pom.xml b/dist/dist-win/installer-win-jre/pom.xml
index f633cbe9..3cdfd772 100644
--- a/dist/dist-win/installer-win-jre/pom.xml
+++ b/dist/dist-win/installer-win-jre/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
             <groupId>app.logorrr</groupId>
             <artifactId>build</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>app.logorrr</groupId>
-            <artifactId>app-tests</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <resources>
@@ -124,4 +119,18 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>app-tests</id>
+            <dependencies>
+                <!-- adds dependency to force app-tests to be run before proceeding with this module -->
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>app.logorrr</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>app-tests</artifactId>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e08a1761..7a8635d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,12 +146,17 @@
                 <module>benchmarks</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>app-tests</id>
+            <modules>
+                <module>app-tests</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
     <modules>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>build</module>
         <module>app</module>
-        <module>app-tests</module>
         <module>dist</module>
         <module>docs</module>
     </modules>