Index: config/gen/makefiles/root.in
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--- config/gen/makefiles/root.in        (revision 41528)
+++ config/gen/makefiles/root.in        (working copy)
@@ -1451,10 +1451,6 @@
 # We probably need a complete build before running the tests.
 test_prep : all
 
-# We always want to test annotations are persisted in PBC during make test.
-test_pbc_annotation_persistence : test_prep
-       $(PERL) t/harness $(EXTRA_TEST_ARGS) -r t/op/annotate.t
-
 # Run test cases with a single call of t/harness. Users have to look at only
 # one report. The default set of tests to run is contained in t/harness,
 # make any edits there. Some tests are run in a separate harness only because
@@ -1464,7 +1460,7 @@
 test : test_core nqp_test
 
 # Test Parrot core.
-test_core: test_prep test_pbc_annotation_persistence
+test_core: test_prep 
        $(PERL) t/harness $(EXTRA_TEST_ARGS)
 
 # Test the NQP compiler