diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e9b3dfa1..4f807f9a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	proto/PKGBUILD-vcs.proto \
 	proto/proto.install
 
-$(top_srcdir)/test/pacman/tests/TESTS: $(wildcard test/pacman/tests/*.py*)
-	@printf "TESTS += %s\n" $^ | sed -e "s/\.py\.in/.py/" | LC_ALL=C sort -u > "$@"
+$(top_srcdir)/test/pacman/tests/TESTS: $(wildcard test/pacman/tests/*.py)
+	@printf "TESTS += %s\n" $^ | LC_ALL=C sort -u > "$@"
 
 TESTS =  test/scripts/parseopts_test.sh \
 				 test/scripts/human_to_size_test.sh \
diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/.gitignore b/test/pacman/tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 665d9ce6..00000000
--- a/test/pacman/tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sync200.py
diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/Makefile.am b/test/pacman/tests/Makefile.am
index dba84e3d..b541b3d6 100644
--- a/test/pacman/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/pacman/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
-CONFTESTS = $(patsubst %py.in,%py,$(wildcard *.py.in))
-
-check_SCRIPTS =	\
-	$(wildcard *.py) \
-	$(CONFTESTS)
+check_SCRIPTS = $(wildcard *.py)
 
 noinst_SCRIPTS = $(check_SCRIPTS)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(check_SCRIPTS)
 
-CLEANFILES = $(CONFTESTS)
-
-#### Taken from the autoconf scripts Makefile.am ####
-edit = sed \
-  -e 's|@LIBCURL[@]|$(LIBCURL)|g' \
-  -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $@.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
-
-
-$(CONFTESTS): Makefile
-	$(AM_V_at)$(RM) $@ $@.tmp
-	$(AM_V_GEN)test -f $(srcdir)/$@.in && $(edit) $(srcdir)/$@.in >$@.tmp || true
-	$(AM_V_at)chmod a-w $@.tmp
-	$(AM_V_at)mv $@.tmp $@
-
 # vim:set noet:
diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/sync200.py.in b/test/pacman/tests/sync200.py
similarity index 79%
rename from test/pacman/tests/sync200.py.in
rename to test/pacman/tests/sync200.py
index 6e47112d..2bcdd5d3 100644
--- a/test/pacman/tests/sync200.py.in
+++ b/test/pacman/tests/sync200.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 self.description = "Synchronize the local database"
 
-if len("@LIBCURL@") == 0:
-	self.option['XferCommand'] = ['/usr/bin/curl %u > %o']
+self.option['XferCommand'] = ['/usr/bin/curl %u > %o']
 
 sp1 = pmpkg("spkg1", "1.0-1")
 sp1.depends = ["spkg2"]