diff --git a/tests/local.at b/tests/local.at
index e02bce0c..35d406fe 100644
--- a/tests/local.at
+++ b/tests/local.at
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ AT_CHECK(m4_join([ ],
 # is not installed.
 m4_define([AT_JAVA_COMPILE],
 [AT_KEYWORDS(java)
-AT_SKIP_IF([[test -z "$CONF_JAVA$CONF_JAVAC"]])
+AT_SKIP_IF([[test -z "$CONF_JAVAC"]])
+AT_SKIP_IF([[test -z "$CONF_JAVA"]])
 AT_CHECK([[$SHELL ../../../javacomp.sh ]$1],
          [[0]], [ignore], [ignore])])