diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/Makefile.am b/libs/libsndfile/Makefile.am
index 6ac39575b8..4d2dfc62a1 100644
--- a/libs/libsndfile/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/Makefile.am
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ test: check-recursive
 # Target to make autogenerated files.
 genfiles :
 	(cd src ; make genfiles)
-	(cd tests ; make genfiles)
+#	(cd tests ; make genfiles)
 
 checkprograms :
 	(cd src ; make libsndfile.la checkprograms)
-	(cd tests ; make checkprograms)
+#	(cd tests ; make checkprograms)
 
 testprogs :
 	(cd src ; make testprogs)
-	(cd tests ; make testprogs)
+#	(cd tests ; make testprogs)
 
 
 test-tarball : Scripts/build-test-tarball.mk
 	(cd src ; make all libsndfile.la checkprograms)
-	(cd tests ; make all checkprograms)
-	make -f Scripts/build-test-tarball.mk
+#	(cd tests ; make all checkprograms)
+#	make -f Scripts/build-test-tarball.mk