diff --git gawk-clean/Makefile.am gawk-workdir/Makefile.am
index 9f5e40c..beb85d0 100644
--- gawk-clean/Makefile.am
+++ gawk-workdir/Makefile.am
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ endif
 
 # Build in awklib after in doc, since we want to extract
 # sample files if doc/gawk.texi changed.
-SUBDIRS += extras doc awklib po test
+SUBDIRS += extras doc awklib po
 
 # what to make and install
 bin_PROGRAMS = gawk
