diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index 3934308..0000000
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Tue Aug 31 11:46:49 JST 2004
-(Raster)
-
-Up to 1.1.2 to match imlib2 main release
-
-_______________________________________________
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c375497..3f7c382 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+
 SUBDIRS = src
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess \
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0846992..7aeabb6 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 rm -f aclocal.m4 ltmain.sh
 
-touch README
-
 echo "Running aclocal..." ; aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit 1
 echo "Running autoheader..." ; autoheader || exit 1
 echo "Running autoconf..." ; autoconf || exit 1