diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6a4b2e8d..a613c9bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         run: eval "$BUILD"
       - name: Run safety replay
         run: ${{ env.RUN }} "cd tests/safety_replay &&
-                             scons -u --test .. &&
+                             scons -u .. &&
                              ./test_safety_replay.py"
 
   misra:
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ba4b18dc..aeaeb801 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-AddOption('--test',
-          action='store_true',
-          help='build test files')
-
 # panda fw
 SConscript('board/SConscript')
 
diff --git a/tests/safety/test.sh b/tests/safety/test.sh
index cf484465..bf43d560 100755
--- a/tests/safety/test.sh
+++ b/tests/safety/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Make sure test fails if one HW_TYPE fails
 set -e
 
-scons -u --test
+scons -u
 
 for hw_type in {0..7}; do
   echo "Testing HW_TYPE: $hw_type"