diff --git a/cpp/tests/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/tests/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
index 66bed4037..ab64f045d 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/tests/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,46 +26,48 @@ ConfigureTest(PDLP_TEST
 # - C API Tests----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The C API tests require a separate library to be linked against. So we don't use the ConfigureTest macro.
 
-add_library(c_api_tester "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests/c_api_test.c")
-target_include_directories(c_api_tester
-    PRIVATE
-    ${CUOPT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-    PUBLIC
-    "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>"
-)
-target_include_directories(c_api_tester
-    PRIVATE
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests"
-)
+if (NOT SKIP_C_PYTHON_ADAPTERS)
+    add_library(c_api_tester "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests/c_api_test.c")
+    target_include_directories(c_api_tester
+        PRIVATE
+        ${CUOPT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+        PUBLIC
+        "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>"
+    )
+    target_include_directories(c_api_tester
+        PRIVATE
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests"
+    )
 
-add_executable(C_API_TEST "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests/c_api_tests.cpp")
+    add_executable(C_API_TEST "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests/c_api_tests.cpp")
 
-target_include_directories(C_API_TEST
-    PRIVATE
-    "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}/../src"
-    "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}/../libmps_parser/src"
-    "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}"
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests"
-)
+    target_include_directories(C_API_TEST
+        PRIVATE
+        "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}/../src"
+        "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}/../libmps_parser/src"
+        "${CUOPT_TEST_DIR}"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/c_api_tests"
+    )
 
-target_link_libraries(C_API_TEST
-    PRIVATE
-    mps_parser
-    cuopt
-    cuopttestutils
-    c_api_tester
-    GTest::gmock
-    GTest::gmock_main
-    GTest::gtest
-    GTest::gtest_main
-    ${CUOPT_PRIVATE_CUDA_LIBS}
-)
+    target_link_libraries(C_API_TEST
+        PRIVATE
+        mps_parser
+        cuopt
+        cuopttestutils
+        c_api_tester
+        GTest::gmock
+        GTest::gmock_main
+        GTest::gtest
+        GTest::gtest_main
+        ${CUOPT_PRIVATE_CUDA_LIBS}
+    )
 
-add_test(NAME C_API_TEST COMMAND C_API_TEST)
+    add_test(NAME C_API_TEST COMMAND C_API_TEST)
 
-install(
-    TARGETS C_API_TEST
-    COMPONENT testing
-    DESTINATION bin/gtests/libcuopt
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
-)
+    install(
+        TARGETS C_API_TEST
+        COMPONENT testing
+        DESTINATION bin/gtests/libcuopt
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+endif()