diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index d60ee5a26efcdd75c4acaf8c948dcfbea7d86310..99039034ba43bd40aca00b9eab7eb2a2dd5e70bb 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ AREF = tests/data/asynth1.sw
 
 OBJDIRS += tests/data tests/vsynth1
 
-tests/vsynth1/00.pgm: tests/videogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/vsynth1
+$(VREF): tests/videogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/vsynth1
 	$(M)./$< 'tests/vsynth1/'
 
-tests/data/asynth1.sw: tests/audiogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/data
+$(AREF): tests/audiogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/data
 	$(M)./$< $@
 
 tests/data/asynth-%.wav: tests/audiogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/data
diff --git a/tests/fate/filter.mak b/tests/fate/filter.mak
index 13053736f60a01b2e3a69739a6a41c4ad820a37b..04c1712eb2d99246caa6c470c75883af25a8090d 100644
--- a/tests/fate/filter.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/filter.mak
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fate-filter-yadif-mode1: CMD = framecrc -flags bitexact -idct simple -i $(SAMPLE
 
 FATE_FILTER-$(call FILTERDEMDEC, YADIF, MPEGTS, MPEG2VIDEO) += $(FATE_YADIF)
 
-$(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes): tests/vsynth1/00.pgm
+$(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes): $(VREF)
 $(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes): SRC = $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/vsynth1/%02d.pgm
 FATE_AVCONV-$(call DEMDEC, IMAGE2, PGMYUV) += $(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes)
 
diff --git a/tests/fate/utvideo.mak b/tests/fate/utvideo.mak
index 6a22331fdd92ccb5a63c4fee5711fbe8c5cf7cc4..68a0a7994512ef28e450158362783f822de190d6 100644
--- a/tests/fate/utvideo.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/utvideo.mak
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fate-utvideoenc_yuv422_median: OPTS = -pix_fmt yuv422p -pred median
 FATE_UTVIDEOENC += fate-utvideoenc_yuv422_none
 fate-utvideoenc_yuv422_none: OPTS = -pix_fmt yuv422p -pred 3
 
-$(FATE_UTVIDEOENC): tests/vsynth1/00.pgm
+$(FATE_UTVIDEOENC): $(VREF)
 
 FATE_AVCONV-$(call ENCMUX, UTVIDEO, AVI) += $(FATE_UTVIDEOENC)
 fate-utvideoenc: $(FATE_UTVIDEOENC)
diff --git a/tests/fate/video.mak b/tests/fate/video.mak
index 16a9650c839fac0347b2663095427d55d7516e62..1f0e1a9ff70d32f6ceba524e3179680bed9c818c 100644
--- a/tests/fate/video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/video.mak
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ FATE_SAMPLES_AVCONV-$(call DEMDEC, MOV, V410) += fate-v410dec
 fate-v410dec: CMD = framecrc -i $(SAMPLES)/v410/lenav410.mov -pix_fmt yuv444p10le
 
 FATE_SAMPLES_AVCONV-$(call ENCDEC, V410 PGMYUV, AVI IMAGE2) += fate-v410enc
-fate-v410enc: tests/vsynth1/00.pgm
+fate-v410enc: $(VREF)
 fate-v410enc: CMD = md5 -f image2 -vcodec pgmyuv -i $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/vsynth1/%02d.pgm -flags +bitexact -vcodec v410 -f avi
 
 FATE_SAMPLES_AVCONV-$(call DEMDEC, SIFF, VB) += fate-vb