diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 46e7a71..9a54223 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.26
+0.9.27
diff --git a/tests/pp/Makefile b/tests/pp/Makefile
index 314f13f..1032b65 100644
--- a/tests/pp/Makefile
+++ b/tests/pp/Makefile
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ FILTER = 2>&1 | sed 's,$(SRC)/,,g'
 	    && rm -f $*.output
 
 # automatically generate .expect files with gcc:
-%.expect: %.c
-	$(CC) -E -P $< >$*.expect 2>&1
+%.expect: # %.c
+	gcc -E -P $< >$*.expect 2>&1
 
-%.expect: %.S
-	$(CC) -E -P $< >$*.expect 2>&1
+%.expect: # %.S
+	gcc -E -P $< >$*.expect 2>&1
 
 # tell make not to delete
 .PRECIOUS: %.expect
diff --git a/tests/tests2/Makefile b/tests/tests2/Makefile
index b52b54a..d0cd664 100644
--- a/tests/tests2/Makefile
+++ b/tests/tests2/Makefile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ all test: $(filter-out $(SKIP),$(TESTS))
 	@diff -Nbu $(SRC)/$*.expect $*.output && rm -f $*.output $*.exe
 
 # automatically generate .expect files with gcc:
-%.expect : %.c
+%.expect : # %.c
 	(gcc -w $*.c -o a.exe && ./a.exe $(ARGS)) $(FILTER) >$*.expect 2>&1; rm -f a.exe
 
 # tell make not to delete