diff --git a/test/Makefile.in b/test/Makefile.in
index ae0565072..4473a2fca 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/Makefile.in
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ abs_builddir = @abs_builddir@
 abs_top_builddir = @abs_top_builddir@
 abs_top_srcdir = @abs_top_srcdir@
 
+# Shell quote;
+SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
+
+T = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/t-*.sh)
+
+ifeq ("@APPLIB@", "yes")
+T += $(srcdir)/lvm2app.sh
+all: api/vgtest
+api/vgtest:
+	$(MAKE) -C api vgtest
+endif
+
 all: init.sh
 	./bin/harness t-*.sh
 
@@ -46,21 +58,9 @@ init.sh: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/test-utils.sh .bin-dir-stamp bin/not bi
 	echo 'export PATH' >> $@-t
 	chmod a-w $@-t
 	mv $@-t $@
-	-cp $(srcdir)/test-utils.sh .
-	-cp $(srcdir)/test-lib.sh .
-	-cp $(T) .
-
-# Shell quote;
-SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
-
-T = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/t-*.sh)
-
-ifeq ("@APPLIB@", "yes")
-T += lvm2app.sh
-all: api/vgtest
-api/vgtest:
-	$(MAKE) -C api vgtest
-endif
+	test "$(srcdir)" != "." && cp $(srcdir)/test-utils.sh \
+	                              $(srcdir)/test-lib.sh \
+	                              $(T) .
 
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@