diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d72aa0759..79a91d7a6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -277,9 +277,8 @@ test_size_params_LDADD = libharfbuzz.la $(HBLIBS)
 dist_check_SCRIPTS = \
 	check-c-linkage-decls.sh \
 	check-header-guards.sh \
-	check-exported-symbols.sh \
 	check-includes.sh \
-	check-internal-symbols.sh \
+	check-symbols.sh \
 	$(NULL)
 
 if HAVE_ICU
diff --git a/src/check-internal-symbols.sh b/src/check-internal-symbols.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a8fdc537d..000000000
--- a/src/check-internal-symbols.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-
-test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
-stat=0
-
-
-if which nm 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
-	:
-else
-	echo "check-internal-symbols.sh: 'nm' not found; skipping test"
-	exit 77
-fi
-
-tested=false
-for suffix in .so; do
-	so=`echo .libs/libharfbuzz$suffix`
-	if test -f "$so"; then
-		echo "Checking that we are not exposing internal symbols"
-		if nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| T hb_\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>'; then
-			echo "Ouch, internal symbols exposed"
-			stat=1
-		fi
-		tested=true
-	fi
-done
-if ! $tested; then
-	echo "check-internal-symbols.sh: libharfbuzz shared library not found; skipping test"
-	exit 77
-fi
-
-exit $stat
diff --git a/src/check-exported-symbols.sh b/src/check-symbols.sh
similarity index 60%
rename from src/check-exported-symbols.sh
rename to src/check-symbols.sh
index 6f0bf7fd8..7256577c5 100755
--- a/src/check-exported-symbols.sh
+++ b/src/check-symbols.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stat=0
 if which nm 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
 	:
 else
-	echo "check-exported-symbols.sh: 'nm' not found; skipping test"
+	echo "check-symbols.sh: 'nm' not found; skipping test"
 	exit 77
 fi
 
@@ -20,15 +20,25 @@ tested=false
 for def in $defs; do
 	lib=`echo "$def" | sed 's/[.]def$//;s@.*/@@'`
 	so=.libs/lib${lib}.so
+
+	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
+
 	if test -f "$so"; then
+
 		echo "Checking that $so has the same symbol list as $def"
 		{
 			echo EXPORTS
-			nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>' | cut -d' ' -f3
-			stat=1
+			echo "$EXPORTED_SYMBOLS"
 			# cheat: copy the last line from the def file!
 			tail -n1 "$def"
 		} | diff "$def" - >&2 || stat=1
+
+		echo "Checking that we are not exposing internal symbols"
+		if echo "$EXPORTED_SYMBOLS" | grep -v 'hb_'; then
+			echo "Ouch, internal symbols exposed"
+			stat=1
+		fi
+
 		tested=true
 	fi
 done