diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b616b5c..a346dd02 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -853,10 +853,6 @@ if(MICROLZMA_DECODER)
     target_sources(liblzma PRIVATE src/liblzma/common/microlzma_decoder.c)
 endif()
 
-if (MICROLZMA_ENCODER OR MICROLZMA_DECODER)
-    add_compile_definitions(HAVE_MICROLZMA)
-endif()
-
 
 #############################
 # lzip (.lz) format support #
@@ -2044,11 +2040,20 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
         test_index_hash
         test_lzip_decoder
         test_memlimit
-        test_microlzma
         test_stream_flags
         test_vli
     )
 
+    # MicroLZMA encoder is needed for both encoder and decoder tests.
+    # If MicroLZMA decoder is not configured but LZMA1 decoder is, then
+    # test_microlzma will fail to compile because this configuration is
+    # not possible in the Autotools build, so the test was not made to
+    # support it since it would have required additional changes.
+    if (MICROLZMA_ENCODER AND (MICROLZMA_DECODER
+            OR NOT "lzma1" IN_LIST DECODERS))
+        list(APPEND LIBLZMA_TESTS test_microlzma)
+    endif()
+
     foreach(TEST IN LISTS LIBLZMA_TESTS)
         add_executable("${TEST}" "tests/${TEST}.c")
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 176bb9ce..075567f6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -304,13 +304,8 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([microlzma], AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-microlzma],
 		for example, erofs-utils.]),
 	[], [enable_microlzma=yes])
 case $enable_microlzma in
-	yes)
-		AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MICROLZMA], [1],
-			[Define to 1 if MicroLZMA support is enabled.])
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-		;;
-	no)
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+	yes | no)
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_microlzma])
 		;;
 	*)
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([])
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 759bd71a..d7f4a418 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 	test_bcj_exact_size \
 	test_memlimit \
 	test_lzip_decoder \
-	test_vli \
-	test_microlzma
+	test_vli
 
 TESTS = \
 	test_check \
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ TESTS = \
 	test_memlimit \
 	test_lzip_decoder \
 	test_vli \
-	test_microlzma \
 	test_files.sh \
 	test_suffix.sh \
 	test_compress_prepared_bcj_sparc \
@@ -67,6 +65,11 @@ TESTS = \
 	test_compress_generated_random \
 	test_compress_generated_text
 
+if COND_MICROLZMA
+check_PROGRAMS += test_microlzma
+TESTS += test_microlzma
+endif
+
 if COND_SCRIPTS
 TESTS += test_scripts.sh
 endif
diff --git a/tests/test_microlzma.c b/tests/test_microlzma.c
index 43594a0a..f939e397 100644
--- a/tests/test_microlzma.c
+++ b/tests/test_microlzma.c
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 #include "tests.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MICROLZMA
-
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA1
@@ -513,7 +511,6 @@ test_decode_bad_lzma_properties(void)
 	lzma_end(&strm);
 }
 #endif
-#endif
 
 
 extern int
@@ -521,17 +518,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	tuktest_start(argc, argv);
 
-#ifndef HAVE_MICROLZMA
-	tuktest_early_skip("MicroLZMA disabled");
+#ifndef HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA1
+	tuktest_early_skip("LZMA1 encoder disabled");
 #else
-#	ifdef HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA1
 	tuktest_run(test_encode_options);
 	tuktest_run(test_encode_basic);
 	tuktest_run(test_encode_small_out);
 	tuktest_run(test_encode_actions);
-#	endif
 
-#	if defined(HAVE_DECODER_LZMA1) && defined(HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA1)
+	// MicroLZMA decoder tests require the basic encoder functionality.
+#	ifdef HAVE_DECODER_LZMA1
 	goodbye_world_encoded_size = basic_microlzma_encode(goodbye_world,
 			ARRAY_SIZE(goodbye_world), &goodbye_world_encoded);