diff --git a/configure.base b/configure.base
index 750ddba124..1a18b179c2 100644
--- a/configure.base
+++ b/configure.base
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ dnl components/bonobo-gstmediaplay/Makefile
 test/Makefile
 test/xml/Makefile
 test/bindings/Makefile
-test/misc/Makefile
+dnl someone should fix this test/misc/Makefile
 tests/Makefile
 tests/sched/Makefile
 tests/eos/Makefile