--- icu.old/source/Makefile.in
+++ icu/source/Makefile.in
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 install-recursive clean clean-local clean-recursive distclean		\
 distclean-local distclean-recursive doc dist dist-local dist-recursive	\
 check check-local check-recursive clean-recursive-with-twist install-icu \
-doc install-doc tests icu4j-data icu4j-data-install update-windows-makefiles xcheck-local xcheck-recursive xperf xcheck xperf-recursive \
+doc install-doc icu4j-data icu4j-data-install update-windows-makefiles xcheck-local xcheck-recursive xperf xcheck xperf-recursive \
 check-exhaustive check-exhaustive-local check-exhaustive-recursive releaseDist
 
 ## Clear suffix list
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@
 $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/%: $(top_srcdir)/../data/%
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@
 
-# Build the tests, but don't run them.
-tests: all
-	$(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir)/test
-
 clean-local:
 	test -z "$(CLEANFILES)" || $(RMV) $(CLEANFILES)
 	-$(RMV) "test-*.xml"