diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 91ca9d79..073fd4b2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ SUBDIRS = po intl src plugins man share
 
 EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e30887aa..1e7a0d6f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 1998-2010 Peter Zelezny])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects no-define foreign])