diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0dc1afb..06daec2f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ fi
 
 if test x"$DEJAGNU" = x
 then
-  DEJAGNU="\$(top_srcdir)/testsuite/global-conf.exp"
+  DEJAGNU="/dev/null"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(DEJAGNU)
 
diff --git a/testsuite/Makefile.am b/testsuite/Makefile.am
index 84e7fbac..6acfa48a 100644
--- a/testsuite/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuite/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	config/unix.exp \
-	global-conf.exp \
     free.test/free.exp \
     kill.test/kill.exp \
     lib.test/fileutils.exp \
diff --git a/testsuite/global-conf.exp b/testsuite/global-conf.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000