diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 05306c58ff9f..9534dc2bc929 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for vm selftests
 
-ifndef OUTPUT
-  OUTPUT := $(shell pwd)
-endif
-
 CFLAGS = -Wall -I ../../../../usr/include $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS = -lrt
 TEST_GEN_FILES = compaction_test