diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/run_testsuite_with_cmake b/Scripts/developer_scripts/run_testsuite_with_cmake
index 262bb9baf81..0c79a5000f1 100644
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/run_testsuite_with_cmake
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/run_testsuite_with_cmake
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ run_test_on_platform()
   echo "CGAL_TEST_PLATFORM ${PLATFORM}" >> "$RESULT_FILE"
   grep -e "^-- USING " "${CGAL_BINARY_DIR}/installation.log" >> $RESULT_FILE 
   echo "------------" >> "$RESULT_FILE"
+  #if git branch, create empty scm file for python script
+  if [ -n "${SCRIPTS_DIR}" ]; then
+    touch ../../../../../.scm-branch
+  fi
   python3 ${CGAL_DIR}/${TESTSUITE_DIR}test/parse-ctest-dashboard-xml.py $CGAL_TESTER $PLATFORM
   
   for file in $(ls|grep _Tests); do
@@ -324,15 +328,11 @@ run_test_on_platform()
   cat "${CGAL_BINARY_DIR}/package_installation.log" >> "Installation/${TEST_REPORT}"
   
   #call the python script to complete the results report.
-  #if git branch, create empty scm file for python script
-  if [ -n "${SCRIPTS_DIR}" ]; then
-    touch ../../../../../.scm-branch
-  fi
   python3 ${CGAL_DIR}/${TESTSUITE_DIR}test/get_deactivated_packages_info.py Installation/${TEST_REPORT} ${TEST_REPORT} results_${CGAL_TESTER}_${PLATFORM}.txt
+  rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE $OUTPUT_FILE.gz
   if [ -n "${SCRIPTS_DIR}" ]; then
     rm ../../../../../.scm-branch
   fi
-  rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE $OUTPUT_FILE.gz
   tar cf $OUTPUT_FILE results_${CGAL_TESTER}_${PLATFORM}.txt */"$TEST_REPORT"
   echo
   gzip -9f $OUTPUT_FILE
diff --git a/Testsuite/test/get_deactivated_packages_info.py b/Testsuite/test/get_deactivated_packages_info.py
index 0d6bb394dc8..006d8c5386d 100644
--- a/Testsuite/test/get_deactivated_packages_info.py
+++ b/Testsuite/test/get_deactivated_packages_info.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ with open(report_file, "rt") as test_report:
           is_ignored=True
           os.mkdir(name)
           test_report=open("{dir}/{file}".format(dir=name, file=report_name), "w+")
+          print("""
+{scm_branch}
+"""       .format(scm_branch=open("{}/../../../../../.scm-branch".format(os.getcwd()), 'r').read()),file=test_report)
         else:
           is_ignored=False
           test_report=open("{dir}/{file}".format(dir=name, file=report_name), "a+")