diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6c5c2104..0950303b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ its testing framework.  We depends on the following libraries:
 * https://golang.org/x/net/spdy
 
 To run the tests, after installing above packages and their
-dependencies, run::
+dependencies, enter ``integration-tests`` directory and run::
 
     $ make it
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 187f95e8..7c3f5fd2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
-AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([it])
+# comment out for now since this requires automake 1.13 or higher and
+# travis has older one.
+# AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([it])
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/Makefile.am b/integration-tests/Makefile.am
index 1ee791fb..85ab3943 100644
--- a/integration-tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/integration-tests/Makefile.am
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	nghttpx_test.go \
 	server_tester.go
 
-it-local:
+it:
 	sh setenv go test -v
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 3faf7094..35a05954 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -63,5 +63,3 @@ HFILES = nghttp2_pq.h nghttp2_int.h nghttp2_map.h nghttp2_queue.h \
 libnghttp2_la_SOURCES = $(HFILES) $(OBJECTS)
 libnghttp2_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined \
 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
-
-it-local: all
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index edd1ad4b..3c167b8c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -198,5 +198,3 @@ libnghttp2_asio_la_LDFLAGS = \
 libnghttp2_asio_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libnghttp2.la
 
 endif # ENABLE_ASIO_LIB
-
-it-local: all
diff --git a/third-party/Makefile.am b/third-party/Makefile.am
index 8587b127..7549cd6d 100644
--- a/third-party/Makefile.am
+++ b/third-party/Makefile.am
@@ -27,5 +27,3 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libhttp-parser.la
 libhttp_parser_la_SOURCES = \
 	http-parser/http_parser.c \
 	http-parser/http_parser.h
-
-it-local: all