diff --git a/src/app-utils/test/Makefile.am b/src/app-utils/test/Makefile.am
index c3df6d7372..c69ef69006 100644
--- a/src/app-utils/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/app-utils/test/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LDADD = \
    ${top_srcdir}/src/engine/test-core/libgncmod-test-engine.la \
   -lltdl
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = \
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
   test-link-module \
   test-exp-parser \
   test-print-parse-amount
diff --git a/src/engine/test/Makefile.am b/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
index b179fda28a..1dfe24f662 100644
--- a/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/engine/test/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
   LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=../../gnc-module \
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:..:../.libs:${top_srcdir}/src/gnc-module:${top_srcdir}/src/gnc-module/.libs:${top_srcdir}/src/guile:${top_srcdir}/src/guile/.libs
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = \
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
   test-commodities \
   test-freq-spec \
   test-group-vs-book \