diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
index 6152e9a999e70f68ee1ab5ea19014e5b4f444249..92d7ced0a0ec0e969f0ec483cbaf7595e091d80b 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
 	gst/cmath/Makefile \
 	gst/splitcounter/Makefile \
 	python/Makefile \
-	tests/Makefile \
 ])