--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1307,41 +1307,6 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) `cat pybuilddir.txt`/_sysconfigdata_$(ABIFLAGS)_$(MACHDEP)_$(MULTIARCH).py \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST); \
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
-	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests; then \
-		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
-			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
-	fi
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -OO $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -OO $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/PatternGrammar.txt
 
 python-config: $(srcdir)/Misc/python-config.in Misc/python-config.sh
 	# Substitution happens here, as the completely-expanded BINDIR