--- gio/Makefile.in
+++ gio/Makefile.in
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@
 TEST_PROGS = 
 NULL = 
 SUBDIRS = gdbus-2.0/codegen $(am__append_1) $(am__append_4) \
-	$(am__append_8) $(am__append_11) . $(am__append_14) tests
+	$(am__append_8) $(am__append_11) . $(am__append_14)
 @MS_LIB_AVAILABLE_TRUE@@OS_WIN32_AND_DLL_COMPILATION_TRUE@noinst_DATA = gio-2.0.lib
 @MS_LIB_AVAILABLE_TRUE@@OS_WIN32_AND_DLL_COMPILATION_TRUE@install_ms_lib_cmd = $(INSTALL) gio-2.0.lib $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 @MS_LIB_AVAILABLE_TRUE@@OS_WIN32_AND_DLL_COMPILATION_TRUE@uninstall_ms_lib_cmd = -rm $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/gio-2.0.lib
--- glib/Makefile.in
+++ glib/Makefile.in
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
 @HAVE_GOOD_PRINTF_FALSE@PRINTF_SUBDIR = gnulib
 @HAVE_GOOD_PRINTF_FALSE@printf_la = gnulib/libgnulib.la
 @USE_SYSTEM_PCRE_FALSE@MAYBE_PCRE = pcre 
-SUBDIRS = libcharset $(PRINTF_SUBDIR) $(MAYBE_PCRE) update-pcre . tests
+SUBDIRS = libcharset $(PRINTF_SUBDIR) $(MAYBE_PCRE) update-pcre .
 DIST_SUBDIRS = libcharset gnulib pcre update-pcre tests
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(glib_INCLUDES) 		\
--- gobject/Makefile.in
+++ gobject/Makefile.in
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 # GObject - GLib Type, Object, Parameter and Signal Library
 # Copyright (C) 1997,98,99,2000 Tim Janik and Red Hat, Inc.
 #
-SUBDIRS = . tests
+SUBDIRS = .
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(am__append_1)
 CLEANFILES = $(am__append_2) gobject-public-headers.txt $(gen_sources) \
 	libgobject-gdb.py
--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 	gio-windows-2.0.pc.in
 TEST_PROGS = 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4macros ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
-SUBDIRS = . m4macros glib gmodule gthread gobject gio tests po docs
+SUBDIRS = . m4macros glib gmodule gthread gobject gio po
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) build
 bin_SCRIPTS = glib-gettextize
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \