diff -uNr wordgrinder-0.8/build.lua wordgrinder-0.8.mod/build.lua
--- wordgrinder-0.8/build.lua	2020-10-23 21:48:53.000000000 +0000
+++ wordgrinder-0.8.mod/build.lua	2020-11-22 21:00:14.905827141 +0000
@@ -549,11 +549,9 @@
             if has_package(luapackage) then
                 if want_frontend("x11") then
                     build_wordgrinder_binary("bin/xwordgrinder", luapackage, "x11", buildstyle)
-                    run_wordgrinder_tests("bin/xwordgrinder", luapackage, "x11", buildstyle)
                 end
                 if want_frontend("curses") then
                     build_wordgrinder_binary("bin/wordgrinder", luapackage, "curses", buildstyle)
-                    run_wordgrinder_tests("bin/wordgrinder", luapackage, "curses", buildstyle)
                 end
             end
         end
@@ -579,23 +577,14 @@
         return binary
     end
 
-    local preferred_test
     local preferred_curses
     local preferred_x11
     if want_frontend("curses") then
         preferred_curses = "bin/wordgrinder-"..package_name(LUA_PACKAGE).."-curses-release"
-        preferred_test = "test-"..package_name(LUA_PACKAGE).."-curses-debug"
-
-        preferred_curses = strip_binary(preferred_curses)
         install_file("755", preferred_curses, DESTDIR..BINDIR.."/wordgrinder")
     end
     if want_frontend("x11") then
         preferred_x11 = "bin/xwordgrinder-"..package_name(LUA_PACKAGE).."-x11-release"
-        if not preferred_test then
-            preferred_test = "test-"..package_name(LUA_PACKAGE).."-x11-debug"
-        end
-
-        preferred_x11 = strip_binary(preferred_x11)
         install_file("755", preferred_x11, DESTDIR..BINDIR.."/xwordgrinder")
     end
     install_file("644", "bin/wordgrinder.1", DESTDIR..MANDIR.."/man1/wordgrinder.1")
@@ -615,8 +604,7 @@
 
     emit("build binaries: phony bin/wordgrinder.1 bin/xwordgrinder.1 ",
         preferred_curses or "", " ", preferred_x11 or "", " ")
-    emit("build tests: phony ", preferred_test)
-    emit("build all: phony binaries tests")
+    emit("build all: phony binaries")
     emit("build install: phony all ", table.concat(installables, " "))
     emit("build install-notests: phony binaries ", table.concat(installables, " "))
 end