--- a/components/gdbm/Makefile	Mon Mar 02 16:15:04 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/gdbm/Makefile	Tue Mar 03 12:59:51 2015 -0800
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 ASLR_MODE = $(ASLR_NOT_APPLICABLE)
 
+$(SKIP_TEST_AT_TOP_LEVEL)
+
 # common targets
 configure:	$(CONFIGURE_32_and_64)
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 
 # The tests build but they are not run automatically.  You have to
 # manually run the tests (testdbm, testgdbm, etc) by hand and verify
-# the DB operations.
+# the DB operations. (No master test files).
 COMPONENT_TEST_TARGETS =	progs
 test:	$(TEST_32_and_64)
 

--- a/components/ncurses/Makefile	Mon Mar 02 16:15:04 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/ncurses/Makefile	Tue Mar 03 12:59:51 2015 -0800
@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@
 	$(CP) /usr/share/lib/terminfo/s/sun-color \
 	$(PROTO_DIR)$(GNUSHARE)/terminfo/s/
 
+# There is no master test file because tests are interactive and not
+# tied to the build.
 COMPONENT_TEST_DIR =		$(BUILD_DIR)/$(MACH$(BITS))/test
 COMPONENT_TEST_TARGETS =
 
 ASLR_MODE = $(ASLR_ENABLE)
 
+$(SKIP_TEST_AT_TOP_LEVEL)
+
 # common targets
 configure:	$(CONFIGURE_32_and_64)