diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac
--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:54:25.065243893 -0500
+++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:55:12.112340832 -0500
@@ -942,24 +942,6 @@
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-video-uninstalled.pc
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base.pc
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base-uninstalled.pc
-tests/Makefile
-tests/check/Makefile
-tests/examples/Makefile
-tests/examples/app/Makefile
-tests/examples/audio/Makefile
-tests/examples/decodebin_next/Makefile
-tests/examples/dynamic/Makefile
-tests/examples/encoding/Makefile
-tests/examples/fft/Makefile
-tests/examples/gio/Makefile
-tests/examples/overlay/Makefile
-tests/examples/seek/Makefile
-tests/examples/snapshot/Makefile
-tests/examples/playback/Makefile
-tests/examples/playrec/Makefile
-tests/files/Makefile
-tests/icles/Makefile
-tests/icles/playback/Makefile
 docs/Makefile
 docs/libs/Makefile
 docs/plugins/Makefile
diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am
--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:54:25.091243946 -0500
+++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:55:19.994357073 -0500
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 	gst-libs 		\
 	gst sys $(SUBDIRS_EXT) 	\
 	tools 			\
-	tests 			\
 	docs			\
 	common 			\
 	m4
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@
 	gst-libs		\
 	gst sys ext		\
 	tools 			\
-	tests 			\
 	common 			\
 	m4