diff --git a/GNUmakefile.am b/GNUmakefile.am
index d89ac47..687ff44 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.am
+++ b/GNUmakefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = \
 	include \
 	config \
-	src \
-	tests
+	src
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	autogen.sh \
diff --git a/tests/GNUmakefile.am b/tests/GNUmakefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 0744dc6..0000000
--- a/tests/GNUmakefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-TESTS = \
-	test
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS = \
-	test
-
-test_SOURCES = \
-	test.c
-test_LDADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/libsocketcan.la
-
-AM_CPPFLAGS = \
-	-I$(top_srcdir)/include \
-	-I$(top_builddir)/include
-
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
-	GNUmakefile.in
diff --git a/tests/test.c b/tests/test.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ad562a2..0000000
--- a/tests/test.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-	printf("hallo\n");
-	return 0;
-}