bindings/Makefile.am             | 6 +-----
 bindings/python/test/Makefile.am | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bindings/Makefile.am b/bindings/Makefile.am
index df53b0f..ec33316 100644
--- a/bindings/Makefile.am
+++ b/bindings/Makefile.am
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ if MAKE_MATLABBINDINGS
 MATLAB_SUBDIR=matlab
 endif
 
-if MAKE_PYBINDINGS
-PY_SUBDIR=python
-endif
-
 if MAKE_PERLBINDINGS
 PERL_SUBDIR=perl
 endif
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ make_parameters_SOURCES = make_parameters.c
 nodist_make_parameters_SOURCES = ../src/getdata.h ../src/gd_config.h
 
 SUBDIRS = . ${F77_SUBDIR} ${CXX_SUBDIR} ${IDL_SUBDIR} ${MATLAB_SUBDIR} \
-					${PY_SUBDIR} ${PERL_SUBDIR}
+					${PERL_SUBDIR}
 
 make_parameters$(EXEEXT): $(make_parameters_SOURCES) \
 				    $(nodist_make_parameters_SOURCES)
diff --git a/bindings/python/test/Makefile.am b/bindings/python/test/Makefile.am
index d159cad..b793b02 100644
--- a/bindings/python/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/bindings/python/test/Makefile.am
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 # along with GetData; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 #
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
-
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign serial-tests
 if TEST_PYTHON
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=${DL_LIBRARY_PATH}=${${DL_LIBRARY_PATH}}:../../../src/.libs PYTHONPATH=../.libs/ ${PYTHON}
 pyTESTS=callback.py big_test.py