diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
index 547241afa..0b5d05ddb 100644
--- a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
 ##
 ## Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
-##   2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##   2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This file is part of GUILE.
 ##
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =						\
 
 ## Check for headers in $(srcdir) and build dir before $(CPPFLAGS), which
 ## may point us to an old, installed version of guile.
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) \
-	      -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_builddir)/lib
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)
 
 test_cflags =					\
   -I$(top_srcdir)/test-suite/standalone -I.	\
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ LIBGUILE_LDADD =							\
 
 
 snarfcppopts =						\
-  -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_builddir)/lib -I$(top_builddir) \
+  -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)			\
   -I. $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 
 SUFFIXES = .x