diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b8641726..d155b072 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ custom_target('api-impl.jar', build_by_default: true, input: [hax_jar], output:
 # test-runner.jar
 subdir('src/test-runner')
 
-custom_target('test_runner.jar', build_by_default: true, input: [test_runner_jar], output: ['test_runner.jar'],
+custom_target('test_runner.jar', build_by_default: false, input: [test_runner_jar], output: ['test_runner.jar'],
               install: true,
               install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'java/dex/android_translation_layer',
               command: ['dx', '--dex', '--output='+join_paths(builddir_base, 'test_runner.jar'), test_runner_jar.full_path()])
diff --git a/src/test-runner/meson.build b/src/test-runner/meson.build
index effa7753..15106340 100644
--- a/src/test-runner/meson.build
+++ b/src/test-runner/meson.build
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test_runner_jar = jar('test_runner', [
                      	'dalvik/annotation/BrokenTest.java',
                      	'dalvik/annotation/SideEffect.java',
                      ],
+                     build_by_default: false,
                      link_with: [hax_jar],
                      java_args: [
                      	'-bootclasspath', bootclasspath,