diff --git a/src/test/Makefile b/src/test/Makefile
index e03d6e043ed..107d273fa37 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ BLK_TESTS = \
        blk_recovery\
        blk_rw\
        blk_rw_mt
-
 LOG_TESTS = \
        log_basic\
        log_pool\
@@ -242,9 +241,9 @@ TESTS += $(CHRONO_TESTS)
 endif
 
 TESTS_BUILD = \
-	$(TESTS)\
 	$(TEST_DEPS)\
-	$(OBJ_DEPS)
+	$(OBJ_DEPS)\
+	$(TESTS)
 
 all     : TARGET = all
 clean   : TARGET = clean
@@ -269,11 +268,9 @@ all test cstyle: $(TESTS_BUILD)
 
 clean clobber: $(TESTS_BUILD)
 
-$(OBJ_DEPS) $(OBJ_TESTS) $(OBJ_CPP_TESTS) $(BLK_TESTS) $(LOG_TESTS) $(OTHER_TESTS) $(PMEM_TESTS) $(PMEMPOOL_TESTS) $(VMEM_TESTS) $(VMMALLOC_TESTS): unittest
-
-$(TESTS): tools
-
+$(TESTS): $(TEST_DEPS)
 $(OBJ_TESTS): $(OBJ_DEPS)
+$(OBJ_DEPS): $(TEST_DEPS)
 
 $(TESTS_BUILD):
 	$(MAKE) -C $@ $(TARGET)
@@ -328,4 +325,4 @@ pcheck_vmmalloc: $(VMMALLOC_TESTS)
 
 .PHONY: all check clean clobber cstyle pcheck pcheck_blk pcheck_log pcheck_obj\
         pcheck_other pcheck_pmem pcheck_pmempool pcheck_vmem pcheck_vmmalloc\
-        test unittest $(TESTS_BUILD)
+        test unittest tools $(TESTS_BUILD)
diff --git a/utils/build-dpkg.sh b/utils/build-dpkg.sh
index 87dcd321728..5fdfc1145d4 100755
--- a/utils/build-dpkg.sh
+++ b/utils/build-dpkg.sh
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ override_dh_auto_test:
 	else\
 	        cp src/test/testconfig.sh.example src/test/testconfig.sh;\
 	fi
-	make -s pcheck
+	make check
 EOF
 
 chmod +x debian/rules
diff --git a/utils/build-rpm.sh b/utils/build-rpm.sh
index da6f84f3dfd..dbb12aca874 100755
--- a/utils/build-rpm.sh
+++ b/utils/build-rpm.sh
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ if [ -f $TEST_CONFIG_FILE ]; then
 else
 	cp src/test/testconfig.sh.example src/test/testconfig.sh
 fi
-make -s pcheck
+
+make check
 
 %clean
 make clobber