diff -ur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2020-04-21 00:09:21.000000000 +0300
+++ b/configure.ac	2020-04-23 16:53:06.654339488 +0300
@@ -336,6 +336,14 @@
   AC_SUBST(DBUS_CONFDIR)
 ])
 
+dnl zbarimg tests
+AC_ARG_WITH([zbarimg_tests],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-zbarimg-tests],
+    [disable tests for zbarimg])],
+  [],
+  [with_zbarimg_tests="yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_ZBARIMG_TESTS], [test "x$with_zbarimg_tests" = "xyes"])
+
 dnl libjpeg
 AC_ARG_WITH([jpeg],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-jpeg],
@@ -724,25 +732,12 @@
 
 AC_ARG_VAR([CLASSPATH], [Java class path (include JUnit to run java tests)])
 AS_IF([test "x$CLASSPATH" = "x"], [CLASSPATH="."])
+AC_SUBST(CLASSPATH)
 
-dnl Search for Java unit test library
-AS_IF([test -z "$JUNIT_HOME"],
-      [JUNIT_HOME="/usr/share/java"])
-
-AS_IF([test -f "$JUNIT_HOME/junit4.jar"],
-      [JUNIT="$JUNIT_HOME/junit4.jar"],
-      [AS_IF([test -f "$JUNIT_HOME/junit.jar"],
-	    [JUNIT="$JUNIT_HOME/junit.jar"])])
-
-AS_IF([test "x$JUNIT" != "x"],
-      [AS_IF([test -f "/usr/share/java/hamcrest/all.jar"],
-	     [CLASSPATH="$JUNIT:/usr/share/java/hamcrest/all.jar:$CLASSPATH"
-              AC_SUBST(CLASSPATH)
-              with_java_unit="yes"])],
-      [AS_IF([test -f "/usr/share/java/hamcrest-all.jar"],
-             [CLASSPATH="$JUNIT:/usr/share/java/hamcrest-all.jar:$CLASSPATH"
-              AC_SUBST(CLASSPATH)
-              with_java_unit="yes"])])
+AC_ARG_WITH([java_unit],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-java-unit],
+    [Enable java unittest])],
+  [with_java_unit="yes"])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_JAVA_UNIT], [test "x$with_java_unit" = "xyes"])
 
@@ -905,6 +900,8 @@
   [echo "        => the Java interface will *NOT* be built"])
 AS_IF([test "x$with_java_unit" != "xyes"],
   [echo "        => the Java unit test will *NOT* be enabled"])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_zbarimg_tests" != "xyes"],
+  [echo "        => zbarimg tests will *NOT* be enabled"])
 dnl echo "NPAPI Plugin     --with-npapi=$with_npapi"
 dnl AS_IF([test "x$with_mozilla" != "xyes"],
 dnl  [echo "       => the Mozilla/Firefox/OpenOffice plugin will *NOT* be built"])
diff -ur a/test/Makefile.am.inc b/test/Makefile.am.inc
--- a/test/Makefile.am.inc	2020-04-21 00:09:21.000000000 +0300
+++ b/test/Makefile.am.inc	2020-04-23 17:03:07.819999370 +0300
@@ -91,11 +91,16 @@
 regress-decoder: test/test_decode
 	@abs_top_builddir@/test/test_decode -q -n 100000
 
+if HAVE_ZBARIMG_TESTS
 check-images-py: zbarimg/zbarimg
 	@PYTHON@ @abs_top_srcdir@/test/barcodetest.py
 
 check-images: zbarimg/zbarimg
 	@abs_top_builddir@/test/test_examples.sh
+else
+check-images-py:
+check-images:
+endif
 
 check-convert: test/test_convert
 	@abs_top_srcdir@/test/test_convert