diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9c245616..6f733f52 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
-SUBDIRS =  m4 src doc gui test
+SUBDIRS =  src doc gui test
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e49afad..314f2de9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -249,6 +249,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(jumbograms,
   ]
 )
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/Makefile m4/Makefile gui/Makefile test/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/Makefile gui/Makefile test/Makefile])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/m4/Makefile.am b/m4/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f58aefa..00000000
--- a/m4/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in   -*-Makefile-*-
-
-EXTRA_DIST = README *.m4
-