diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
index a58b783fc439b841b3191124055944e39181c4ad..6f362df921120d22055e11058ec06c3afd490f97 100644
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,12 +96,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   )
 
 # tests
-##==========================================================================
-## DANGER WILL ROBINSON! WARNING!
-## Leaving these tests commented out is extremely hazardous, since llcorehttp
-## is so central to viewer processing.
-##==========================================================================
-if (0) ## LL_TESTS)
+if (LL_TESTS)
   SET(llcorehttp_TEST_SOURCE_FILES
       tests/test_allocator.cpp
       )
@@ -226,4 +221,5 @@ endif (DARWIN)
 
   target_link_libraries(http_texture_load ${example_libs})
 
-endif ()
+endif (LL_TESTS)
+