diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index bb230bb04e5..5e37f36da65 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ testall:	all platform
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
 		$(TESTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Lib/compileall.py
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
-		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall
-		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall
+		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
+		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
 
 #  Run the unitests for both architectures in a Universal build on OSX
 #  Must be run on an Intel box.
@@ -697,9 +697,9 @@ testuniversal:	all platform
 			exit 1 ;\
 		fi
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
-		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall
-		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall
-		$(RUNSHARED) /usr/libexec/oah/translate ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -tt $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall
+		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
+		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
+		$(RUNSHARED) /usr/libexec/oah/translate ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -tt $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
 
 
 # Like testall, but with a single pass only
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ buildbottest:	all platform
 		-@if which pybuildbot.identify >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 			pybuildbot.identify "CC='$(CC)'" "CXX='$(CXX)'"; \
 		fi
-		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS) -uall -rw
+		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall -rw $(TESTOPTS)
 
 QUICKTESTOPTS=	$(TESTOPTS) -x test_thread test_signal test_strftime \
 		test_unicodedata test_re test_sre test_select test_poll \