diff --git a/tests/subsys/testsuite/fff_fake_contexts/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/subsys/testsuite/fff_fake_contexts/CMakeLists.txt
index d4cf1a06bf6..ad60f9a414b 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/testsuite/fff_fake_contexts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/subsys/testsuite/fff_fake_contexts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
-if(BOARD STREQUAL unit_testing/unit_testing)
+if(BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing" OR BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing/unit_testing")
   find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
   set(target testbinary)
 else()
diff --git a/tests/ztest/base/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/ztest/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cbbcb10894..f516aa36aec 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/ztest/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
-if(BOARD STREQUAL unit_testing/unit_testing)
+if(BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing" OR BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing/unit_testing")
   find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
   project(base)
 
diff --git a/tests/ztest/fail/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/ztest/fail/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f1b3e97faa..6a37c8efd72 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/fail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/ztest/fail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
 include(ExternalProject)
 
-if(BOARD STREQUAL unit_testing/unit_testing)
+if(BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing" OR BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing/unit_testing")
   find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
   set(target testbinary)
   # Set the target binary for the 'core' external project. The path to this must match the one set
diff --git a/tests/ztest/fail/core/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/ztest/fail/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 804ece66bae..9b39501a3b3 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/fail/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/ztest/fail/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ elseif(CONFIG_ZTEST_FAIL_TEST_UNEXPECTED_ASSUME)
   list(APPEND test_sources src/unexpected_assume.cpp)
 endif()
 
-if(BOARD STREQUAL unit_testing/unit_testing)
+if(BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing" OR BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing/unit_testing")
   find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
   project(base)
 
diff --git a/tests/ztest/zexpect/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/ztest/zexpect/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b2813f48b2..70f60af4d99 100644
--- a/tests/ztest/zexpect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/ztest/zexpect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
-if(BOARD STREQUAL unit_testing/unit_testing)
+if(BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing" OR BOARD STREQUAL "unit_testing/unit_testing")
   find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
   project(base)