diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0ab6bc..81d9b3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1044,7 +1044,6 @@
 	@echo 'OBJS="$(strip $(OBJS))"'
 
 ifeq (reg-tests, $(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-  REGTESTS_TYPES := default,bug,devel,slow
   REGTEST_ARGS := $(wordlist 2, $(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(MAKECMDGOALS))
   $(eval $(REGTEST_ARGS):;@true)
 endif
@@ -1074,7 +1073,7 @@
 	@echo "To run tests with specific types:"
 	@echo "    $$ REGTESTS_TYPES=slow,default make reg-tests"
 	@echo
-	@echo "with 'any' as default value for REGTESTS_TYPES variable."
+	@echo "with 'default,bug,devel,slow' as default value for REGTESTS_TYPES variable."
 	@echo
 	@echo "About the reg test types:"
 	@echo "    any         : all the tests without distinction (this is the default"
diff --git a/scripts/run-regtests.sh b/scripts/run-regtests.sh
index 27bb13c..b3e4b13 100755
--- a/scripts/run-regtests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-regtests.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 _findtests() {
   set -f
 
-  REGTESTS_TYPES="${REGTESTS_TYPES:-any}"
+  REGTESTS_TYPES="${REGTESTS_TYPES:-default,bug,devel,slow}"
   any_test=$(echo $REGTESTS_TYPES | grep -cw "any")
   for i in $( find "$1" -name *.vtc ); do
     skiptest=