diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index aa32d875f9..67e1d5fb70 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ templatefiles=\
 	element-templates/audiofilter \
 	element-templates/audiosink \
 	element-templates/audiosrc \
-	element-templates/base \
 	element-templates/baseaudiosink \
 	element-templates/baseaudiosrc \
 	element-templates/basertpdepayload \
@@ -15,14 +14,17 @@ templatefiles=\
 	element-templates/element \
 	element-templates/gobject \
 	element-templates/pushsrc \
-	element-templates/sinkpad \
-	element-templates/sinkpad-simple \
-	element-templates/srcpad \
-	element-templates/srcpad-simple \
 	element-templates/tagdemux \
 	element-templates/videofilter2 \
 	element-templates/videosink
 
+broken_templatefiles = \
+	element-templates/base \
+	element-templates/sinkpad \
+	element-templates/sinkpad-simple \
+	element-templates/srcpad \
+	element-templates/srcpad-simple
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	gst-element-maker \
 	gst-app-maker \