diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index e2e473b63..80dbf9d53 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 set -x
 
 test -d autom4te.cache && rm -rf autom4te.cache
-test -d m4 || mkdir m4
 libtoolize --force --copy
-aclocal -I m4 -I config || exit 1
+aclocal -I config || exit 1
 autoheader || exit 1
 autoconf || exit 1
 automake --add-missing --copy || exit 1
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8ac132e78..67a152ce9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 AC_INIT([lxc], [0.6.2])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.in])
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wno-portability])