diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 2d4e7955d49..eb355b9f60a 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2015-12-24  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* lib/ada.exp (target_compile_ada_from_dir): New function.
+	(gdb_compile_ada): Reimplement avoiding the use of project files.
+	* gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr: Delete.
+	* gdb.ada/cond_lang.exp: Adjust test to make path before
+	filename optional.
+	* gdb.ada/small_reg_param.exp: Likewise.
+
 2015-12-22  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/foll-vork.exp: Remove HP-UX special case.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/cond_lang.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/cond_lang.exp
index 0dfb9e3cbaf..7c3ad6e799d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/cond_lang.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/cond_lang.exp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ gdb_test "show lang" \
 # current language mode is auto, and the breakpoint is inside Ada code.
 set bp_location [gdb_get_line_number "STOP" ${testdir}/mixed.adb]
 gdb_test "break mixed.adb:${bp_location} if light = green" \
-         "Breakpoint \[0-9\]* at .*: file .*/mixed.adb, line \[0-9\]*\\."
+         "Breakpoint \[0-9\]* at .*: file (.*/)?mixed.adb, line \[0-9\]*\\."
 
 # Now, continue until we hit the breakpoint.  If the condition is
 # evaluated correctly, the first hit will be ignored, and the debugger
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr
deleted file mode 100644
index 2736206e189..00000000000
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/gnat_ada.gpr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---  Copyright 2004-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
---
---  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
---  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
---  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
---  (at your option) any later version.
---
---  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
---  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
---  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
---  GNU General Public License for more details.
---
---  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
---  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
---  This project file allows us to control the location where the
---  compilation artifacts produced when building the Ada examples
---  are stored.
-
-project Gnat_Ada is
-
-   for Source_Dirs use (external ("SRC"));
-   for Object_Dir use external ("OBJ");
-
-end Gnat_Ada;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/small_reg_param.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/small_reg_param.exp
index bd5cfd6f5f4..8212e50816b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/small_reg_param.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/small_reg_param.exp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gdb_breakpoint "call_me"
 # Continue until we hit the breakpoint inside `Call_Me'.  We verify
 # that the parameter value is correct.
 gdb_test "continue" \
-    "Breakpoint .*, pck\\.call_me \\(w=(w@entry=)?50\\) at .*/pck.adb:.*" \
+    "Breakpoint .*, pck\\.call_me \\(w=(w@entry=)?50\\) at (.*/)?pck.adb:.*" \
     "continue to call_me"
 
 # And just to make sure, we also verify that the parameter value
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
index 6a1e1920660..1c243add718 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# Call target_compile with SOURCE DEST TYPE and OPTIONS as argument,
+# after having temporarily changed the current working directory to
+# BUILDDIR.
+
+proc target_compile_ada_from_dir {builddir source dest type options} {
+    set saved_cwd [pwd]
+    catch {
+        cd $builddir
+        return [target_compile $source $dest $type $options]
+    } result options
+    cd $saved_cwd
+    return -options $options $result
+}
+
 # Compile some Ada code.
 
 proc gdb_compile_ada {source dest type options} {
@@ -21,12 +35,17 @@ proc gdb_compile_ada {source dest type options} {
     set gprdir [file dirname $srcdir]
     set objdir [file dirname $dest]
 
+    # Although strictly not necessary, we force the recompilation
+    # of all units (additional_flags=-f).  This is what is done
+    # when using GCC to build programs in the other languages,
+    # and it avoids using a stray objfile file from a long-past
+    # run, for instance.
     append options " ada"
-    append options " additional_flags=-P$gprdir/gnat_ada"
-    append options " additional_flags=-XSRC=[file tail $srcdir]"
-    append options " additional_flags=-XOBJ=$objdir"
+    append options " additional_flags=-f"
+    append options " additional_flags=-I$srcdir"
 
-    set result [target_compile [file tail $source] $dest $type $options]
+    set result [target_compile_ada_from_dir \
+                    $objdir [file tail $source] $dest $type $options]]
 
     # The Ada build always produces some output, even when the build
     # succeeds. Thus, we can not use the output the same way we do in