diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9993ca0d..678fa629 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 SUBDIRS=. po
 
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
 EXPORT_MODULES=					\
 	cupshelpers/__init__.py			\
 	cupshelpers/cupshelpers.py		\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9398fd3e..3b6d8e0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ AC_INIT(system-config-printer, 1.5.18)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(system-config-printer.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-xz dist-bzip2 subdir-objects 1.6])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.20)
-AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED([AM_GNU_GETTEXT])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_PATH_PYTHON([3])
 PACKAGE="AC_PACKAGE_NAME"