diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1cec22728..fa6199ed0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ version_conf.set('PIXMAN_VERSION_MICRO', split[2])
 add_project_arguments('-DHAVE_CONFIG_H', language : ['c'])
 
 subdir('pixman')
-subdir('test')
-subdir('demos')
+# subdir('test')
+# subdir('demos')
 
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(