diff --git a/gst/Makefile.am b/gst/Makefile.am
index a395997add..e094de9959 100644
--- a/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ GST_OVERRIDES = 		\
 	gstbase.override
 
 GST_DEFS = gst.defs gst-types.defs gst-extrafuncs.defs libs.defs base.defs
-CLEANFILES = gst.c
+CLEANFILES = gst.c __init__.pyc
 EXTRA_DIST += $(GST_DEFS) $(GST_OVERRIDES) gstversion.override.in
 gst.c: $(GST_DEFS) $(GST_OVERRIDES) $(GEN_FILES) gstversion.override __init__.py
 
diff --git a/testsuite/common.py b/testsuite/common.py
index cc81745ca9..eca4877adc 100644
--- a/testsuite/common.py
+++ b/testsuite/common.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ topsrcdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..'))
 if topsrcdir.endswith('_build'):
     topsrcdir = os.path.dirname(topsrcdir)
 
-# gst's __init__.py is in topsrcdir/gst
-path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(topsrcdir, 'gst'))
+# gst's __init__.py is in topbuilddir/gst
+path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(topbuilddir, 'gst'))
 import gst
 file = gst.__file__
 assert file.startswith(path), 'bad gst path: %s' % file