--- ./Makefile.in.orig
+++ ./Makefile.in
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
-SUBDIRS = libnotify docs tools tests
+SUBDIRS = libnotify docs tools
 pcdata_DATA = libnotify.pc
 pcdatadir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 EXTRA_DIST = \