diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3c8179c..f37158c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS ?= --enable-gtk-doc --enable-gtk-doc-pdf --disable-gcc-warnings
 
 SUBDIRS = gl unistring lib src examples fuzz po
+SUBDIRS = gl unistring lib src               po
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I gl/m4 -I unistring/m4
 EXTRA_DIST = gl/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
 
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ if ENABLE_DOC
 SUBDIRS += doc
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS += tests
 
 EXTRA_DIST += cfg.mk maint.mk CONTRIBUTING.md README.md
 EXTRA_DIST += COPYING COPYING.LESSERv3 COPYING.unicode COPYINGv2