diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 957aa9f2969a65cc05c7c6053fde2a5f0ba7811f..d7ddd9d4ad7ccbf40cd80dff977a1cc29ba7d0a0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ rpm: clean
 
 check-local: all tests
 
-tests:
-	@(cd docs/examples ; $(MAKE) MAKEFLAGS+=--silent tests)
-
 cov: clean-cov
 	mkdir $(top_builddir)/coverage
 	$(LCOV) -c -o $(top_builddir)/coverage/libvirt.info.tmp \