diff -Naur c-ares-1.12.0.orig/configure.ac c-ares-1.12.0/configure.ac
--- c-ares-1.12.0.orig/configure.ac	2016-09-29 07:43:01.000000000 -0400
+++ c-ares-1.12.0/configure.ac	2016-10-14 03:10:36.253342032 -0400
@@ -837,10 +837,6 @@
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$build_tests])
 
-if test "x$build_tests" = "xyes" ; then
-  AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([test])
-fi
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile libcares.pc])
 AC_OUTPUT
 XC_AMEND_DISTCLEAN(['.'])