diff --git a/testsuites/automake/local.am b/testsuites/automake/local.am
index 4ecc353d5b..43e470194e 100644
--- a/testsuites/automake/local.am
+++ b/testsuites/automake/local.am
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ preinstall-am: $(PREINSTALL_FILES)
 preinstall: preinstall-am
 .PHONY: preinstall preinstall-am
 
-depend-am:
-depend: depend-am
-.PHONY: depend depend-am
+depend:
+.PHONY: depend
 
 PROJECT_TOOLS = $(PROJECT_RELEASE)/build-tools