diff --git a/tests/core/macros.rs b/tests/core/macros.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdc4de03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/macros.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use nalgebra::{dmatrix, dvector, matrix, vector};
+
+#[test]
+fn sanity_test() {
+    // The macros are already tested in `nalgebra-macros`. Here we just test that they compile fine.
+
+    let _ = matrix![1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6];
+    let _ = dmatrix![1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6];
+    let _ = vector![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+    let _ = dvector![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+}
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diff --git a/tests/core/mod.rs b/tests/core/mod.rs
index 4f9bc745..aa005264 100644
--- a/tests/core/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/core/mod.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ mod matrixcompare;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 pub mod helper;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+mod macros;
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diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index b1da01c3..d08f4807 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ mod linalg;
 #[cfg(feature = "proptest-support")]
 mod proptest;
 
-mod macros;
-
 //#[cfg(all(feature = "debug", feature = "compare", feature = "rand"))]
 //#[cfg(feature = "sparse")]
 //mod sparse;