diff --git a/appveyor-test.py b/appveyor-test.py
index befc8c1..8cfbf94 100644
--- a/appveyor-test.py
+++ b/appveyor-test.py
@@ -382,37 +382,45 @@ class TestSetupForBuild(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(re.search('strawberry', os.environ['PATH'], flags=re.IGNORECASE),
                         'Strawberry Perl location not in PATH for vs2019')
 
-    def test_DetectionBase314No(self):
+    def setBase314(self, yesno):
         cfg_base_version = os.path.join('configure', 'CONFIG_BASE_VERSION')
         fout = open(cfg_base_version, 'w')
-        print('BASE_3_14=NO', file=fout)
+        print('# test file for base version detection', file=fout)
+        print('BASE_3_14={0}'.format(yesno), file=fout)
         fout.close()
+
+    def setTestResultsTarget(self, target):
+        rules_build = os.path.join('configure', 'RULES_BUILD')
+        fout = open(rules_build, 'w')
+        print('# test file for target detection', file=fout)
+        print('{0}: something'.format(target), file=fout)
+        fout.close()
+
+    def test_DetectionBase314No(self):
+        self.setBase314('NO')
         do.setup_for_build(self.args)
         self.assertFalse(do.isbase314, 'Falsely detected Base 3.14')
 
     def test_DetectionBase314Yes(self):
-        cfg_base_version = os.path.join('configure', 'CONFIG_BASE_VERSION')
-        fout = open(cfg_base_version, 'w')
-        print('BASE_3_14=YES', file=fout)
-        fout.close()
+        self.setBase314('YES')
         do.setup_for_build(self.args)
         self.assertTrue(do.isbase314, 'Base 3.14 = YES not detected')
 
-    def test_DetectionTestResultsTargetNo(self):
-        rules_build = os.path.join('configure', 'RULES_BUILD')
-        fout = open(rules_build, 'w')
-        print('# test file for target detection', file=fout)
-        print('nottherighttarget:', file=fout)
-        fout.close()
+    def test_DetectionTestResultsTarget314No(self):
+        self.setBase314('YES')
+        self.setTestResultsTarget('nottherighttarget')
         do.setup_for_build(self.args)
         self.assertFalse(do.has_test_results, 'Falsely detected test-results target')
 
-    def test_DetectionTestResultsTargetYes(self):
-        rules_build = os.path.join('configure', 'RULES_BUILD')
-        fout = open(rules_build, 'w')
-        print('# test file for target detection', file=fout)
-        print('test-results:', file=fout)
-        fout.close()
+    def test_DetectionTestResultsTarget314Yes(self):
+        self.setBase314('YES')
+        self.setTestResultsTarget('test-results')
+        do.setup_for_build(self.args)
+        self.assertFalse(do.has_test_results, 'Falsely found test-results on Base 3.14')
+
+    def test_DetectionTestResultsTargetNot314Yes(self):
+        self.setBase314('NO')
+        self.setTestResultsTarget('test-results')
         do.setup_for_build(self.args)
         self.assertTrue(do.has_test_results, 'Target test-results not detected')
 
diff --git a/appveyor/do.py b/appveyor/do.py
index f9bc7ca..7ddc479 100644
--- a/appveyor/do.py
+++ b/appveyor/do.py
@@ -419,12 +419,13 @@ def setup_for_build(args):
             if 'BASE_3_14=YES' in myfile.read():
                 isbase314 = True
 
-    rules_build = os.path.join(base_place, 'configure', 'RULES_BUILD')
-    if os.path.exists(rules_build):
-        with open(rules_build) as myfile:
-            for line in myfile:
-                if re.match('^test-results:', line):
-                    has_test_results = True
+    if not isbase314:
+        rules_build = os.path.join(base_place, 'configure', 'RULES_BUILD')
+        if os.path.exists(rules_build):
+            with open(rules_build) as myfile:
+                for line in myfile:
+                    if re.match('^test-results:', line):
+                        has_test_results = True
 
     bindir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'bin', os.environ['EPICS_HOST_ARCH'])
     if os.path.isdir(bindir):
diff --git a/travis/build.sh b/travis/build.sh
index 395f0fa..a222ae2 100755
--- a/travis/build.sh
+++ b/travis/build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ if [ "$TEST" != "NO" ]
 then
   make -j2 tapfiles || ret=$?
 
-  grep -q "^test-results:" $EPICS_BASE/configure/RULES_BUILD && make -sk test-results
+  if grep -q "BASE_3_14=NO" $EPICS_BASE/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION
+  then
+    grep -q "^test-results:" $EPICS_BASE/configure/RULES_BUILD && make -sk test-results
+  fi
 fi
 
 exit $ret