diff --git a/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp b/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
index be3817b1150699126875312647f3870703863e30..2b120d0d19ee8e6838e02b2fe83d874d1772496f 100644
--- a/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_EigenvalueSolver.cpp
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ TEST_CASE("EigenvalueSolver", "[algebra]")
 
     SECTION("symmetric tiny matrix")
     {
-#ifdef PUGS_HAS_SLEPC
       TinyMatrix<3> TestA{3e10, 2e10, 4e10, 2e10, 0, 2e10, 4e10, 2e10, 3e10};
       TinyMatrix<3> TestA2{4, 2, 3, 2, 0, 2, 3, 2, 4};
       TinyMatrix<3> TestB{1, -1, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3};
@@ -647,6 +646,7 @@ TEST_CASE("EigenvalueSolver", "[algebra]")
       TinyMatrix<3> TestE{3e-10, 2e-10, 4e-10, 2e-10, 0, 2e-10, 4e-10, 2e-10, 3e-10};
 
       TinyMatrix<3> expA2;
+#ifdef PUGS_HAS_SLEPC
 
       auto [eigenvalues, eigenmatrix] = EigenvalueSolver{}.findEigen(TestA);
       TinyMatrix<3> Diag              = zero;
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ TEST_CASE("EigenvalueSolver", "[algebra]")
           REQUIRE((B(i, j) - TestE(i, j)) / frobeniusNorm(TestE) == Catch::Approx(0).margin(1E-8));
         }
       }
-    }
 #endif
+    }
   }
 }