diff --git a/tests/src/core/Makefile.am b/tests/src/core/Makefile.am
index c921b76c447..185f782289e 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/src/core/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ GLOBALCXXFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(GDAL_CFLAGS) $(QT_CXXFLAGS) $(P
 # Instruction for running the qt4 meta object compiler 
 #
 
-%.moc.cpp: %.h
+%.moc.cpp: %.cpp
 	$(MOC) -o $@ $<
 
 #
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.cpp
index 5f0a9ed4e05..d492539a031 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #include <QtTest>
-#include <qgsapplication.h>
-#include "testqgsapplication.h"
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
+#include <QObject>
+//header for class being tested
+#include <qgsapplication.h>
+
+class TestQgsApplication: public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT;
+      public:
+      private slots:
+            void authorsFilePath();
+};
 
 
 void TestQgsApplication::authorsFilePath()
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.h b/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd439f48fc..00000000000
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsapplication.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef TESTQGSAPPLICATION_H
-#define TESTQGSAPPLICATION_H
-#include <QtTest/QtTest>
-#include <QObject>
-
-class TestQgsApplication: public QObject
-{
-  Q_OBJECT;
-  public:
-  private slots:
-    void authorsFilePath();
-};
-
-#endif