diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib/test-install-makefile.patch b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib/test-install-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b1b712dd9..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib/test-install-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-From 4dbb1a459c281eeb716b4f0ce2fc01e8034c3e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yao Zhao <yao.zhao@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:46:30 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Change Makefile.am to install regression tests for test
- package purpose.
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [test not install is for purpose from upstream]
-
-Signed-off-by: Yao Zhao <yao.zhao@windriver.com>
-Signed-off-by: Chong Lu <Chong.Lu@windriver.com>
----
- test/Makefile.am            | 3 ++-
- test/core/Makefile.am       | 3 ++-
- test/interfaces/Makefile.am | 3 ++-
- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
-index 7393bed..1c25d5d 100644
---- a/test/Makefile.am
-+++ b/test/Makefile.am
-@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ TESTS = \
- 	$(test_scripts) \
- 	$(NULL)
- 
--noinst_PROGRAMS = \
-+testdir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/tests
-+test_PROGRAMS = \
- 	$(test_programs) \
- 	$(test_related_programs) \
- 	$(NULL)
-diff --git a/test/core/Makefile.am b/test/core/Makefile.am
-index 35defa9..295202f 100644
---- a/test/core/Makefile.am
-+++ b/test/core/Makefile.am
-@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ if DBUS_BUILD_TESTS
- 
- ## we use noinst_PROGRAMS not check_PROGRAMS for TESTS so that we
- ## build even when not doing "make check"
--noinst_PROGRAMS = \
-+testdir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/tests/core
-+test_PROGRAMS = \
- 	test-dbus-glib \
- 	test-error-mapping \
- 	test-service-glib \
-diff --git a/test/interfaces/Makefile.am b/test/interfaces/Makefile.am
-index f3f62e4..f034b95 100644
---- a/test/interfaces/Makefile.am
-+++ b/test/interfaces/Makefile.am
-@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ if DBUS_BUILD_TESTS
- 
- ## we use noinst_PROGRAMS not check_PROGRAMS for TESTS so that we
- ## build even when not doing "make check"
--noinst_PROGRAMS = test-service test-client
-+testdir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/tests/interfaces
-+test_PROGRAMS = test-service test-client
- 
- test_service_SOURCES = \
- 	test-interfaces.c \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib_0.114.bb b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib_0.114.bb
index ff3d282ac6..4a827b1cbf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib_0.114.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-glib_0.114.bb
@@ -17,21 +17,15 @@ DEPENDS:class-native = "glib-2.0-native dbus-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://no-examples.patch \
-           file://test-install-makefile.patch \
 "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c09c5c085b2a0e391b8ee7d783a1d63fe444e96717cc1814d61b5e8fc2827a7c"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext bash-completion gtk-doc
 
-#default disable regression tests, some unit test code in non testing code
-#PACKAGECONFIG:pn-${PN} = "tests" enable regression tests local.conf
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
-PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,,,"
-
 EXTRA_OECONF:class-target = "--with-dbus-binding-tool=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/dbus-binding-tool"
 EXTRA_OECONF:class-nativesdk = "--with-dbus-binding-tool=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/dbus-binding-tool"
 
-PACKAGES += "${PN}-tests ${PN}-tools"
+PACKAGES += "${PN}-tools"
 
 FILES:${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS}"
 FILES:${PN}-bash-completion += "${libexecdir}/dbus-bash-completion-helper"
@@ -39,9 +33,6 @@ LICENSE:${PN}-bash-completion = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev += "${PN}-tools"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-tests = "${PN}"
-FILES:${PN}-tests = "${datadir}/${BPN}/tests"
-
 FILES:${PN}-tools = "${bindir}"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"