diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b589e72e7..7950980c0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -90,15 +90,9 @@ else
 doc =
 endif
 
-if RUN_TESTS
-tests = tests
-else
-tests =
-endif
-
 SUBDIRS = m4 common kbx \
           ${gpg} ${sm} ${agent} ${scd} ${g13} ${dirmngr} \
-          ${tools} po ${doc} ${tests}
+          ${tools} po ${doc} tests
 
 dist_doc_DATA = README
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85cd69a79..9c591ed6a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ have_dosish_system=no
 have_w32_system=no
 have_w32ce_system=no
 have_android_system=no
-run_tests=yes
 use_simple_gettext=no
 use_ldapwrapper=yes
 mmap_needed=yes
@@ -643,7 +642,6 @@ case "${host}" in
         have_dosish_system=yes
         have_w32_system=yes
         require_iconv=no
-        run_tests=no
         use_ldapwrapper=no  # Fixme: Do this only for CE.
         case "${host}" in
           *-mingw32ce*)
@@ -702,7 +700,6 @@ case "${host}" in
         # Android is fully utf-8 and we do not want to use iconv to
         # keeps things simple
         require_iconv=no
-        run_tests=no
         ;;
     *)
        ;;
@@ -733,11 +730,6 @@ if test "$have_android_system" = yes; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ANDROID_SYSTEM, test "$have_android_system" = yes)
 
-if test "$run_tests" = yes; then
-   AC_DEFINE(RUN_TESTS,1, [Defined if we should run the tests])
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(RUN_TESTS, test "$run_tests" = yes)
-
 
 # (These need to go after AC_PROG_CC so that $EXEEXT is defined)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(EXEEXT,"$EXEEXT",[The executable file extension, if any])
@@ -1693,9 +1685,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_CARD_SUPPORT, test "$card_support" = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(NO_TRUST_MODELS,     test "$use_trust_models" = no)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_TOFU,            test "$use_tofu" = yes)
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL(RUN_GPG_TESTS,
-               test x$cross_compiling = xno -a "$build_gpg" = yes )
-
 #
 # Set some defines for use gpgconf.
 #
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index d72f51e8b..6ede0d409 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@
 
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-
-if RUN_GPG_TESTS
-openpgp = openpgp
-else
-openpgp =
-endif
-
-SUBDIRS = gpgscm ${openpgp} . migrations pkits
+SUBDIRS = gpgscm openpgp migrations pkits .
 
 GPGSM = ../sm/gpgsm
 
@@ -66,7 +59,9 @@ CLEANFILES = inittests.stamp x y y z out err \
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = pubring.kbx~ random_seed
 
+if !HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
 noinst_PROGRAMS = asschk
+endif
 
 asschk_SOURCES = asschk.c