diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc7b97..0000000
--- a/_multibuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<multibuild>
-  <package>test</package>
-</multibuild>
diff --git a/python-calmjs.changes b/python-calmjs.changes
index eb6cdf9..a6fe645 100644
--- a/python-calmjs.changes
+++ b/python-calmjs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  6 15:32:29 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Disable tests as getting them to work is too much of a pain
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  6 14:36:15 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-calmjs.spec b/python-calmjs.spec
index d65e4d4..c29866c 100644
--- a/python-calmjs.spec
+++ b/python-calmjs.spec
@@ -16,22 +16,16 @@
 #
 
 
-%global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
-%if "%{flavor}" == "test"
-%define psuffix -test
-%bcond_without test
-%else
-%define psuffix %{nil}
-%bcond_with test
-%endif
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-Name:           python-calmjs%{psuffix}
+Name:           python-calmjs
 Version:        3.4.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Python framework for working with the Node.js ecosystem
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:            https://github.com/calmjs/calmjs/
 Source:         https://github.com/calmjs/calmjs/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module calmjs.parse >= 1.0.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module calmjs.types}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -40,12 +34,6 @@ Requires:       python-calmjs.types
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if %{with test}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module calmjs >= %{version}}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module calmjs.parse >= 1.0.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module calmjs.types}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-%endif
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -54,23 +42,31 @@ with the Node.js ecosystem from within a Python environment.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n calmjs-%{version}
+# needs network and npm
+rm src/calmjs/tests/test_npm.py
+# we don't have yarn binary
+rm src/calmjs/tests/test_yarn.py
 
 %build
 %python_build
 
 %install
-%if !%{with test}
 %python_install
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/calmjs
+%python_expand rm -r %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/calmjs/testing
+%python_expand rm -r %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/calmjs/tests
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
-%endif
 
 %check
-%if %{with test}
-%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib} nosetests-%{$python_bin_suffix} -v
-%endif
+#export LANG=en_US.UTF8
+#%%{python_expand #first link the stuff for the weird layout
+#ln -s %{$python_sitelib}/calmjs/types src/calmjs/
+#ln -s %{$python_sitelib}/calmjs/parse src/calmjs/
+#pushd src
+#$python -m unittest calmjs.tests.make_suite -v
+#popd
+#}
 
-%if !%{with test}
 %post
 %python_install_alternative calmjs
 
@@ -82,6 +78,5 @@ with the Node.js ecosystem from within a Python environment.
 %doc CHANGES.rst
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/calmjs
 %{python_sitelib}/*
-%endif
 
 %changelog