diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index af88ab6f8b..60de085ee1 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -482,25 +482,6 @@ GENERATED_FILES += tests/test-qapi-types.h \
 	tests/test-qapi-events-sub-sub-module.h \
 	tests/test-qapi-introspect.h
 
-test-obj-y = tests/check-qnum.o tests/check-qstring.o tests/check-qdict.o \
-	tests/check-qlist.o tests/check-qnull.o tests/check-qobject.o \
-	tests/check-qjson.o tests/check-qlit.o \
-	tests/check-block-qtest.o \
-	tests/test-coroutine.o tests/test-string-output-visitor.o \
-	tests/test-string-input-visitor.o tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.o \
-	tests/test-clone-visitor.o \
-	tests/test-qobject-input-visitor.o \
-	tests/test-qmp-cmds.o tests/test-visitor-serialization.o \
-	tests/test-x86-cpuid.o tests/test-mul64.o tests/test-int128.o \
-	tests/test-opts-visitor.o tests/test-qmp-event.o \
-	tests/rcutorture.o tests/test-rcu-list.o \
-	tests/test-rcu-simpleq.o \
-	tests/test-rcu-tailq.o \
-	tests/test-qdist.o tests/test-shift128.o \
-	tests/test-qht.o tests/qht-bench.o tests/test-qht-par.o \
-	tests/atomic_add-bench.o tests/atomic64-bench.o
-
-$(test-obj-y): QEMU_INCLUDES += -Itests
 QEMU_CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)/tests