diff --git a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.59.0.recipe b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.59.0.recipe
index b92519a1c..afaf42fa3 100644
--- a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.59.0.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.59.0.recipe
@@ -65,16 +65,12 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:sed
 	"
 
-TEST_PREREQUIRES="
+TEST_REQUIRES="
 	cmd:id
 	cmd:perl
 	cmd:sftp_server
 	cmd:sshd
 	"
-# The following line does not work, although it has worked in 2016 and/or 2017.
-if [ "$recipeAction" = TEST ]; then BUILD_PREREQUIRES+="$TEST_PREREQUIRES"; fi
-# Uncomment the following line before the build if you wish to run the tests.
-#BUILD_PREREQUIRES+="$TEST_PREREQUIRES"
 
 defineDebugInfoPackage curl$secondaryArchSuffix \
 	$binDir/curl \