diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b015c7818..4749b5efd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = src data doc po intl
+SUBDIRS = src data doc po
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess \
                        config.h.in config.sub configure install-sh \
diff --git a/intl/Makefile.am b/intl/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index be63def09..000000000
--- a/intl/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in