diff --git a/extra/atk/build b/extra/atk/build
index 4f4a7316..9069d5d4 100755
--- a/extra/atk/build
+++ b/extra/atk/build
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-# Don't build tests.
-sed "/subdir('tests')/d" meson.build > _
-mv -f _ meson.build
+: > tests/meson.build
 
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \