diff --git a/tests/auto/qtipc/qtipc.pro b/tests/auto/qtipc/qtipc.pro
index e7d2a55cd8..ac647e097b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qtipc/qtipc.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qtipc/qtipc.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 TEMPLATE=subdirs
-SUBDIRS=\
-    qsharedmemory \
-    qsystemsemaphore \
-#    lackey \ should be moved to QtScript
+# lackey depends on qtscript and the tests depend on lackey :(
+#SUBDIRS=\
+#    qsharedmemory \
+#    qsystemsemaphore \
+#    lackey