diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 2b55b54..ddc39e9 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # set to zero to avoid running test suite
-%define make_check 1
+%define make_check 0
 
 %define with_java 1