diff --git a/common b/common
index 17fa4abf49..7604bab58b 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 17fa4abf49d31cf5dcc2994bdbaa86e45a3fb69f
+Subproject commit 7604bab58b5dfc9370d506952f0407fb75c00388
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7bdd03e94e..9d5d9522c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -196,9 +196,12 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GST_CHECK, test "x$HAVE_GST_CHECK" = "xyes")
 AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE($GST_MAJORMINOR, [$GSTPB_REQ], yes)
 
 dnl check for uninstalled plugin directories for unit tests
-AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.25])
-AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_UGLY($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.16])
-AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_FFMPEG($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.11])
+dnl skip these checks for normal installed setups to avoid confusion
+AG_GST_CHECK_UNINSTALLED_SETUP([
+ AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.25])
+ AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_UGLY($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.16])
+ AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_FFMPEG($GST_MAJORMINOR, [0.10.11])
+])
 
 dnl Check for documentation xrefs
 GLIB_PREFIX="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix glib-2.0`"