--- a/config/SundialsPETSc.cmake
+++ b/config/SundialsPETSc.cmake
@@ -25,49 +25,4 @@
 # set PETSC_LIBRARIES
 include(FindPETSc)
 
-# If we have the PETSC libraries, test them
-if(PETSC_LIBRARIES)
-  message(STATUS "Looking for PETSc libraries...")
-  # Create the PETSCTest directory
-  set(PETSCTest_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/PETSCTest)
-  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PETSCTest_DIR})
-  # Create a CMakeLists.txt file 
-  file(WRITE ${PETSCTest_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt
-    "CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.0.2)\n"
-    "PROJECT(ltest C)\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \"${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\")\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${MPI_C_COMPILER})\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}\")\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}\")\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}\")\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBUGINFO \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBUGINFO}\")\n"
-    "SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZE \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZE}\")\n"
-    "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PETSC_INCLUDE_DIR})\n"
-    "ADD_EXECUTABLE(ltest ltest.c)\n"
-    "TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ltest ${PETSC_LIBRARIES})\n")    
-  # Create a C source file which calls a PETSC function
-  file(WRITE ${PETSCTest_DIR}/ltest.c
-    "\#include \"petscvec.h\"\n"
-    "int main(){\n"
-    "Vec x;\n"
-    "VecCreate(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &x);\n" 
-    "return(0);\n"
-    "}\n")
-  # Attempt to link the "ltest" executable
-  try_compile(LTEST_OK ${PETSCTest_DIR} ${PETSCTest_DIR} ltest OUTPUT_VARIABLE MY_OUTPUT)
-      
-  # To ensure we do not use stuff from the previous attempts, 
-  # we must remove the CMakeFiles directory.
-  file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${PETSCTest_DIR}/CMakeFiles)
-  # Process test result
-  if(LTEST_OK)
-    message(STATUS "Checking if PETSc works... OK")
-    set(PETSC_FOUND TRUE)
-  else(LTEST_OK)
-    message(STATUS "Checking if PETSc works... FAILED")
-  endif(LTEST_OK)
-else(PETSC_LIBRARIES)
-  PRINT_WARNING("PETSC LIBRARIES NOT Found. Please check library path" "${PETSC_LIBRARY_DIR} ")
-  message(STATUS "Looking for PETSc libraries... FAILED")
-endif(PETSC_LIBRARIES)
+set(PETSC_FOUND TRUE)
--- a/examples/ida/petsc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/ida/petsc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 # Examples using SUNDIALS linear solvers
 SET(IDA_examples
-  #"idaHeat2D_jac_petsc\;1\;4"  # Not to be released in 2.7.0
-  "idaHeat2D_kry_petsc\;1\;4\;develop"
   )
 
 IF(MPI_C_COMPILER)
--- a/examples/nvector/petsc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/nvector/petsc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 # Examples using SUNDIALS PETSc nvector
 SET(nvector_petsc_examples
-  "test_nvector_petsc\;1000 0\;\;\;"    # run sequentially
-  "test_nvector_petsc\;1000 0\;1\;4\;"  # run 4 procs
   )
 
 # Dependencies for nvector examples