diff --git a/tests/build.xml b/tests/build.xml
index 59e85aaaf..8adc291f8 100644
--- a/tests/build.xml
+++ b/tests/build.xml
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@
     <fileset dir="../lib" includes="**/*.jar"/>
   </path>
 
-  <!-- checks the availability of certain libraries -->
-  <target name="check-available">
-    <available property="lwjgl.present"
-     classname="org.lwjgl.LWJGLException" classpathref="classpath"/>
-    <available property="jme.present"
-     classname="com.jme.scene.Node" classpathref="classpath"/>
-    <available property="jme-bui.present"
-     classname="com.jme.bui.BWindow" classpathref="classpath"/>
-    <condition property="build.jme">
-      <and>
-        <isset property="jme.present"/>
-        <isset property="jme-bui.present"/>
-      </and>
-    </condition>
-    <condition property="build.openal">
-      <and>
-        <isset property="lwjgl.present"/>
-      </and>
-    </condition>
-  </target>
-
   <!-- generates additional methods for distributed object classes -->
   <target name="gendobj" depends="prepare"> 
     <taskdef name="dobj"
@@ -104,12 +83,10 @@
   </target>
 
   <!-- build the java class files -->
-  <target name="compile" depends="check-available,prepare">
+  <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
     <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}"
       debug="on" optimize="off" deprecation="on">
       <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <exclude name="com/threerings/jme/**" unless="build.jme"/>
-      <exclude name="com/threerings/openal/**" unless="build.openal"/>
       <compilerarg value="-Xlint:unchecked"/>
     </javac>
   </target>