diff --git a/t/pytest.do b/t/pytest.do
deleted file mode 100644
index 781a784..0000000
--- a/t/pytest.do
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-exec >&2
-[ -n "$DO_BUILT" ] && exit 0  # not relevant in minimal/do
-python tstate.py
diff --git a/t/stamp/stamptest.do b/t/stamp/stamptest.do
index 39c5d6f..51bb3f1 100644
--- a/t/stamp/stamptest.do
+++ b/t/stamp/stamptest.do
@@ -25,27 +25,32 @@ redo-ifchange usestamp
 [ "$(wc -l <usestamp.log)" -eq 1 ] || exit 42
 
 # stampy depends on bob, so we'll have to rebuild stampy automatically.  But
-# stampy's checksum will still be identical.
+# stampy's checksum will still be identical, so usestamp shouldn't rebuild.
 ../flush-cache
 redo bob
+../flush-cache
 redo-ifchange usestamp
 [ "$(wc -l <stampy.log)" -eq 3 ] || exit 43
 [ "$(wc -l <usestamp.log)" -eq 1 ] || exit 44
 
-# Make sure the previous step correctly marked stampy and usestamp as up-to-date
-# even though *neither* of them is newer than bob.
+# Make sure the previous step correctly marked stampy and usestamp as
+# up-to-date even though *neither* of them is newer than bob.
 ../flush-cache
 redo-ifchange usestamp
 [ "$(wc -l <stampy.log)" -eq 3 ] || exit 45
 [ "$(wc -l <usestamp.log)" -eq 1 ] || exit 46
 
-# now we're changing the contents of stampy.
-../flush-cache
+# now we're changing the contents of stampy.  Thus usestamp will need to
+# be rebuilt, but not yet...
 echo two >inp
+../flush-cache
 redo stampy
 [ "$(wc -l <stampy.log)" -eq 4 ] || exit 51
 [ "$(wc -l <usestamp.log)" -eq 1 ] || exit 52
 
+# let's see about usestamp.  It needs to be rebuilt because stampy has changed,
+# but since stampy is *already* changed, stampy itself shouldn't be re-rebuilt.
+../flush-cache
 redo-ifchange usestamp usestamp2
 [ "$(wc -l <stampy.log)" -eq 4 ] || exit 61
 [ "$(wc -l <usestamp.log)" -eq 2 ] || exit 62
diff --git a/t/test.do b/t/test.do
index ac6dac1..8459931 100644
--- a/t/test.do
+++ b/t/test.do
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ redo nonshelltest shelltest \
 	deltest deltest2 test.args test2.args passfailtest chdirtest \
 	curse/test deps/test "space dir/test" modetest makedir2 \
 	silencetest touchtest stamp/test alwaystest ifcreate-test \
-	unicode blank/blank vartest atime autosubdir/test pytest \
+	unicode blank/blank vartest atime autosubdir/test \
 	fail/test
 
diff --git a/t/tstate.py b/t/tstate.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c9762d2..0000000
--- a/t/tstate.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, '..')
-import state
-
-assert(state.relpath('/a/b/c', '/a/b') == 'c')
-assert(state.relpath('/a/b/c/', '/a/b') == 'c')
-assert(state.relpath('/a/b/c', '/a/b/') == 'c')
-assert(state.relpath('/a/b/c//', '/a/b/') == 'c')
-assert(state.relpath('/a/b/c/../d', '/a/b/') == 'd')