--- python/Makefile.in.orig	2019-11-16 14:42:34 UTC
+++ python/Makefile.in
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 
 # Makefile for libxml2 python library
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.4 foreign
-SUBDIRS = . tests
+SUBDIRS = .
 docsdir = $(datadir)/doc/libxml2-python-$(LIBXML_VERSION)
 dist_docs_DATA = TODO
 EXTRA_DIST = \
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@python_LTLIBRARIES = libxml2mod.la
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_SOURCES = libxml.c libxml_wrap.h libxml2-py.h libxml2-py.c types.c
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@libxml2mod_la_LDFLAGS = $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) -module -avoid-version \
-@WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@        $(top_builddir)/libxml2.la $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(PYTHON_LIBS)
+@WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@        -lxml2 $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(WIN32_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD) $(PYTHON_LIBS)
 
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@BUILT_SOURCES = libxml2-export.c libxml2-py.h libxml2-py.c
 @WITH_PYTHON_TRUE@dist_python_DATA = \