diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
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--- a/tests/Makefile
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-all-tests:
-	cd encoding ; make
-	cd charset ; make
-	cd mailbox ; make
-
diff --git a/tests/run-tests.sh b/tests/run-tests.sh
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--- a/tests/run-tests.sh
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-cd encoding ; ./run-test.sh ; cd ..
-cd charset ; ./run-test.sh ; cd ..
-cd mailbox ; ./run-test.sh ; cd ..
-