diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce0481b8f53c8408974eee314950fe7ba4347307..14839c35ece36ec8f9541f65b4a36f2dfa599862 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if (ENABLE_MANTIDPLOT)
   # Add a target for all GUI tests
   add_custom_target ( GUITests )
   add_dependencies ( GUITests MantidWidgetsTest)
-  add_dependencies ( mantid-check GUITests )
+  add_dependencies ( check GUITests )
   # Collect all tests together
   add_custom_target ( AllTests )
   add_dependencies ( AllTests FrameworkTests GUITests )
diff --git a/Framework/CMakeLists.txt b/Framework/CMakeLists.txt
index f6e5cc40adc27f3fe7591d3f263dc9e653b85a66..e2a5e03d7a852c1b4b6b97dfe1a5b7629c8019ff 100644
--- a/Framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ endif ()
 ###########################################################################
 
 add_custom_target ( FrameworkTests ) # target for all framework tests
-add_dependencies ( mantid-check FrameworkTests )
+add_dependencies ( check FrameworkTests )
 
 include_directories (Kernel/inc)
 add_subdirectory (Kernel)
diff --git a/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake b/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
index 90d6913a94a3532d83eb803438c6b14a77b54113..3ee919cc85b00334bba69875b68cc8981179e8a9 100644
--- a/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
+++ b/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ include ( PylintSetup )
 find_package ( CxxTest )
 if ( CXXTEST_FOUND )
   enable_testing ()
-  add_custom_target( mantid-check COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} )
+  add_custom_target( check COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} )
   make_directory( ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/Testing )
-  message ( STATUS "Added target ('mantid-check') for unit tests" )
+  message ( STATUS "Added target ('check') for unit tests" )
 else ()
   message ( STATUS "Could NOT find CxxTest - unit testing not available" )
 endif ()
diff --git a/buildconfig/CMake/FindCxxTest.cmake b/buildconfig/CMake/FindCxxTest.cmake
index f8f79ad385d5dec71593fd33b41929cb575bb240..8aaeadbb37fdf2ffe70d2321f172fcbfd2a36c31 100644
--- a/buildconfig/CMake/FindCxxTest.cmake
+++ b/buildconfig/CMake/FindCxxTest.cmake
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ macro(CXXTEST_ADD_TEST _cxxtest_testname)
     # The TESTHELPER_SRCS variable can be set outside the macro and used to pass in test helper classes
     add_executable(${_cxxtest_testname} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${_cxxtest_cpp_files} ${_cxxtest_h_files} ${TESTHELPER_SRCS} )
 
-    # only the package wide test is added to mantid-check
-    add_dependencies(mantid-check ${_cxxtest_testname})
+    # only the package wide test is added to check
+    add_dependencies(check ${_cxxtest_testname})
 
     if (CXXTEST_SINGLE_LOGFILE)
       # add the whole suite as a single test so the output xml doesn't overwrite itself