diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a282136c..5571e037 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
 
 ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 override_dh_auto_test:
-	(cd tests && ./run_tests.sh)
 	make shellcheck
 endif
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 570291cb..00000000
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Filename:      run_tests
-# Purpose:       run unit tests for grml-autoconfig
-# Authors:       grml-team (grml.org), (c) Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org>
-# Bug-Reports:   see https://grml.org/bugs/
-# License:       This file is licensed under the GPL v2.
-################################################################################
-
-
-GLOBRETVAL=0
-
-for FILE in test_*.sh ; do
-  if [ -x "${FILE}" ] ; then
-     pretty_name="${FILE##test_}"
-     pretty_name="${pretty_name/.sh/}"
-
-     echo "Running test for: ${pretty_name}"
-
-     ./"${FILE}"
-     RETVAL=$?
-
-     [ "$RETVAL" -ne 0 ] && GLOBRETVAL=$RETVAL
-  fi
-done
-
-exit $GLOBRETVAL
-
-## END OF FILE #################################################################
-# vim:foldmethod=marker expandtab ai ft=zsh shiftwidth=2