diff --git a/test/Makefile.tests b/test/Makefile.tests
index 682ba0e9f61..d3e14c6e7f8 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.tests
+++ b/test/Makefile.tests
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ ifdef TEST
 test::
 endif
 
+# We do not want to make .d files for tests! 
+DISABLE_AUTO_DEPENDENCIES=1
+
 include ${LEVEL}/Makefile.common
 
 # Specify ENABLE_STATS on the command line to enable -stats and -time-passes
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@ ifdef ENABLE_STATS
 STATS = -stats -time-passes
 endif
 
-
 .PHONY: clean default
 
 # These files, which might be intermediate results, should not be deleted by