diff --git a/tests/common/vector.template b/tests/common/vector.template
index 1fd85f097..d44ee1c32 100644
--- a/tests/common/vector.template
+++ b/tests/common/vector.template
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 $IFDEF
-#define SYCL_SIMPLE_SWIZZLES
 
 #include "../common/common.h"
 #include "../common/common_vec.h"
diff --git a/tests/common/vector_swizzle_assignment.template b/tests/common/vector_swizzle_assignment.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83974552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/common/vector_swizzle_assignment.template
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+//
+//  SYCL Conformance Test Suite
+//
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Codeplay Software LTD. All Rights Reserved.
+//  Copyright (c) 2023 The Khronos Group Inc.
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//
+**************************************************************************/
+
+// Note: this is essentially a copy of vector.template, but it has extra
+// #define SYCL_SIMPLE_SWIZZLES which is required for the swizzles test.
+
+$IFDEF
+#define SYCL_SIMPLE_SWIZZLES
+
+#include "../common/common.h"
+#include "../common/common_vec.h"
+
+#define TEST_NAME vector_$CATEGORY_$TYPE_NAME
+
+namespace vector_$CATEGORY_$TYPE_NAME__ {
+using namespace sycl_cts;
+
+class TEST_NAME : public util::test_base {
+ public:
+  /** return information about this test
+   */
+  void get_info(test_base::info &out) const override {
+    set_test_info(out, TOSTRING(TEST_NAME), TEST_FILE);
+  }
+
+  $TEST_FUNCS
+
+  /** execute the test
+   */
+  void run(util::logger &log) override {
+
+    $FUNC_CALLS
+
+  }
+};
+
+util::test_proxy<TEST_NAME> proxy;
+
+} /* namespace vector_$CATEGORY_$TYPE_NAME__ */
+$ENDIF
diff --git a/tests/vector_swizzle_assignment/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/vector_swizzle_assignment/CMakeLists.txt
index 44e3054ab..3929f5a3f 100644
--- a/tests/vector_swizzle_assignment/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/vector_swizzle_assignment/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ foreach(TY IN LISTS TYPE_LIST)
   generate_cts_test(TESTS TEST_CASES_LIST
     GENERATOR "generate_vector_swizzle_assignment.py"
     OUTPUT ${OUT_FILE}
-    INPUT "../common/vector.template"
+    INPUT "../common/vector_swizzle_assignment.template"
     EXTRA_ARGS -type "${TY}")
 endforeach()