diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index 092af416ab48e2b3730f876213696a0e49ffb147..706b4f421f9be778a6886f44357612bda32a1f29 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
   # we store them in arrays for reuse
   our @shlibs = map { $unified_info{sharednames}->{$_} || () } @{$unified_info{libraries}};
   our @install_shlibs = map { $unified_info{sharednames}->{$_} || () } @{$unified_info{install}->{libraries}};
-  our @programs = grep { !m|^\[\.test\]| } @{$unified_info{programs}};
-  our @testprogs = grep { m|^\[\.test\]| } @{$unified_info{programs}};
   our @generated = ( ( map { (my $x = $_) =~ s|\.S$|\.s|; $x }
                        grep { defined $unified_info{generate}->{$_} }
                        map { @{$unified_info{sources}->{$_}} }
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ DEP_EXT=.D
 LIBS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".OLB" } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 SHLIBS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".EXE" } @shlibs) -}
 ENGINES={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".EXE" } @{$unified_info{engines}}) -}
-PROGRAMS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".EXE" } @programs) -}
-TESTPROGS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".EXE" } @testprogs) -}
+PROGRAMS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_.".EXE" } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
 SCRIPTS={- join(", ", map { "-\n\t".$_ } @{$unified_info{scripts}}) -}
 {- output_off() if $disabled{makedepend}; "" -}
 DEPS={- our @deps = map { (my $x = $_) =~ s|\.o$|\$(DEP_EXT)|; $x; }
@@ -245,22 +242,22 @@ NODEBUG=@
 # The main targets ###################################################
 
 all : build_generated, -
-      build_libs_nodep, build_engines_nodep, build_apps_nodep, -
+      build_libs_nodep, build_engines_nodep, build_programs_nodep, -
       depend
 
 build_libs : build_generated, build_libs_nodep, depend
 build_libs_nodep : $(LIBS), $(SHLIBS)
 build_engines : build_generated, build_engines_nodep, depend
 build_engines_nodep : $(ENGINES)
-build_apps : build_generated, build_apps_nodep, depend
-build_apps_nodep : $(PROGRAMS), $(SCRIPTS)
-build_tests : build_generated, build_tests_nodep, depend
-build_tests_nodep : $(TESTPROGS)
+build_programs : build_generated, build_programs_nodep, depend
+build_programs_nodep : $(PROGRAMS), $(SCRIPTS)
 
 build_generated : $(GENERATED_MANDATORY)
 
-test tests : build_generated, -
-             build_apps_nodep, build_engines_nodep, build_tests_nodep, -
+# Kept around for backward compatibility
+build_apps build_tests : build_programs
+
+test tests : build_generated, build_programs_nodep, build_engines_nodep, -
              depend
         @ ! {- output_off() if $disabled{tests}; "" -}
         SET DEFAULT [.test]{- move("test") -}
@@ -317,14 +314,13 @@ check_install :
 uninstall : uninstall_docs uninstall_sw
 
 # Because VMS wants the generation number (or *) to delete files, we can't
-# use $(LIBS), $(PROGRAMS), $(GENERATED), $(ENGINES) and $(TESTPROGS) directly.
+# use $(LIBS), $(PROGRAMS), $(GENERATED) and $(ENGINES)directly.
 libclean :
         {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.OLB;*" } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) || "@ !" -}
         {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.EXE;*,$_.MAP;*,$_.OPT;*" } @shlibs) || "@ !" -}
 
 clean : libclean
-        {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.EXE;*,$_.OPT;*" } @programs) || "@ !" -}
-        {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.EXE;*,$_.OPT;*" } @testprogs) || "@ !" -}
+        {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.EXE;*,$_.OPT;*" } @{$unified_info{programs}}) || "@ !" -}
         {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_.EXE;*,$_.OPT;*" } @{$unified_info{engines}}) || "@ !" -}
         {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_;*" } @{$unified_info{scripts}}) || "@ !" -}
         {- join("\n\t", map { "- DELETE $_;*" } @generated) || "@ !" -}
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 8fa34a06e8e57869130e8e7cabca8a029b55303f..783fbc413834251ba8c575483966d2d6588eb082 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ LIBS={- join(" ", map { $_.$libext } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 SHLIBS={- join(" ", map { shlib($_) } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 SHLIB_INFO={- join(" ", map { "\"".shlib($_).";".shlib_simple($_)."\"" } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 ENGINES={- join(" ", map { dso($_) } @{$unified_info{engines}}) -}
-PROGRAMS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } grep { !m|^test/| } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
-TESTPROGS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } grep { m|^test/| } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
+PROGRAMS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
 SCRIPTS={- join(" ", @{$unified_info{scripts}}) -}
 {- output_off() if $disabled{makedepend}; "" -}
 DEPS={- join(" ", map { (my $x = $_) =~ s|\.o$|$depext|; $x; }
@@ -225,21 +224,21 @@ PROCESSOR= {- $config{processor} -}
 
 # The main targets ###################################################
 
-{- dependmagic('all'); -}: build_libs_nodep build_engines_nodep build_apps_nodep link-utils
+{- dependmagic('all'); -}: build_libs_nodep build_engines_nodep build_programs_nodep link-utils
 {- dependmagic('build_libs'); -}: build_libs_nodep
 {- dependmagic('build_engines'); -}: build_engines_nodep
-{- dependmagic('build_apps'); -}: build_apps_nodep
-{- dependmagic('build_tests'); -}: build_tests_nodep
+{- dependmagic('build_programs'); -}: build_programs_nodep
 
 build_generated: $(GENERATED_MANDATORY)
 build_libs_nodep: libcrypto.pc libssl.pc openssl.pc
 build_engines_nodep: $(ENGINES)
-build_apps_nodep: $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
-build_tests_nodep: $(TESTPROGS)
+build_programs_nodep: $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
+
+# Kept around for backward compatibility
+build_apps build_tests: build_programs
 
 test: tests
-{- dependmagic('tests'); -}: build_tests_nodep build_apps_nodep \
-                             build_engines_nodep link-utils
+{- dependmagic('tests'); -}: build_programs_nodep build_engines_nodep link-utils
 	@ : {- output_off() if $disabled{tests}; "" -}
 	( cd test; \
 	  SRCTOP=../$(SRCDIR) \
diff --git a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
index 26207773c9f5ffbaa87dcca364cb34a3f7ab03c5..b35feb5fe73c55aa8652cfefa4b93e547660d8e2 100644
--- a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ SHLIBS={- join(" ", map { shlib($_) } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 SHLIBPDBS={- join(" ", map { local $shlibext = ".pdb"; shlib($_) } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 ENGINES={- join(" ", map { dso($_) } @{$unified_info{engines}}) -}
 ENGINEPDBS={- join(" ", map { local $dsoext = ".pdb"; dso($_) } @{$unified_info{engines}}) -}
-PROGRAMS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } grep { !m|^test\\| } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
-PROGRAMPDBS={- join(" ", map { $_.".pdb" } grep { !m|^test\\| } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
-TESTPROGS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } grep { m|^test\\| } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
+PROGRAMS={- join(" ", map { $_.$exeext } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
+PROGRAMPDBS={- join(" ", map { $_.".pdb" } @{$unified_info{programs}}) -}
 SCRIPTS={- join(" ", @{$unified_info{scripts}}) -}
 {- output_off() if $disabled{makedepend}; "" -}
 DEPS={- join(" ", map { (my $x = $_) =~ s|\.o$|$depext|; $x; }
@@ -179,22 +178,22 @@ PROCESSOR= {- $config{processor} -}
 # The main targets ###################################################
 
 all: build_generated \
-     build_libs_nodep build_engines_nodep build_apps_nodep depend
+     build_libs_nodep build_engines_nodep build_programs_nodep depend
 
 build_libs: build_generated build_libs_nodep depend
 build_libs_nodep: $(LIBS) {- join(" ",map { shlib_import($_) } @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
 build_engines: build_generated build_engines_nodep depend
 build_engines_nodep: $(ENGINES)
-build_apps: build_generated build_apps_nodep depend
-build_apps_nodep: $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
-build_tests: build_generated build_tests_nodep depend
-build_tests_nodep: $(TESTPROGS)
+build_programs: build_generated build_programs_nodep depend
+build_programs_nodep: $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 
 build_generated: $(GENERATED_MANDATORY)
 
+# Kept around for backward compatibility
+build_apps build_tests: build_programs
+
 test: tests
-tests: build_generated \
-       build_tests_nodep build_apps_nodep build_engines_nodep depend
+tests: build_generated build_programs_nodep build_engines_nodep depend
 	@rem {- output_off() if $disabled{tests}; "" -}
 	set SRCTOP=$(SRCDIR)
 	set BLDTOP=$(BLDDIR)
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ libclean:
 	-del /Q ossl_static.pdb
 
 clean: libclean
-	-del /Q /F $(PROGRAMS) $(TESTPROGS) $(ENGINES) $(SCRIPTS)
+	-del /Q /F $(PROGRAMS) $(ENGINES) $(SCRIPTS)
 	-del /Q /F $(GENERATED)
 	-del /Q /S /F *.d
 	-del /Q /S /F *.obj