diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8a1ca39..ceee757 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 AM_PROG_AR
 LT_INIT
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.2])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-
 dnl Most people get these man(2) pages from the system now.
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([man2],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-man2], [Install man(2) pages])])
@@ -59,6 +56,5 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([include/attr],
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	libattr.pc
 	Makefile
-	po/Makefile.in
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
