diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
index dd61118df66e..12c5e27d32c1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 TEST_PROGS := binfmt_script non-regular
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := execveat load_address_4096 load_address_2097152 load_address_16777216
-TEST_GEN_FILES := execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir pipe
+TEST_GEN_FILES := execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir
 # Makefile is a run-time dependency, since it's accessed by the execveat test
 TEST_FILES := Makefile