diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6f2dc91..f47e5b3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-
 SUBDIRS = include/epoxy src
 
 SUBDIRS += test
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c99f44..e733267 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ AC_INIT([libepoxy],
         [libepoxy])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 # Initialize Automake
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])