diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8416b56b1d..a617a46aac 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
 
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I config
+
 DISTCLEANFILES += lyx.1 config.status config.cache config.log
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 \
-	$(srcdir)/configure \
-	$(srcdir)/acinclude.m4
+	$(srcdir)/configure
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = m4 config development intl po boost src sourcedoc lib
 
@@ -66,4 +67,3 @@ lgbtags:
 
 .PHONY: doxydoc
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index b30a91d19e..ccb2c002dc 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-ACLOCAL="aclocal -I ${PWD}/m4"
+ACLOCAL="aclocal -I m4 -I config"
 AUTOHEADER="autoheader"
 AUTOMAKE="automake --add-missing --copy --foreign"
 AUTOCONF="autoconf"
-ACINCLUDE_FILES="lyxinclude.m4 libtool.m4 pkg.m4 qt4.m4 spell.m4"
 
 # Discover what version of automake we are using.
 automake_version=`$AUTOMAKE --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1`
@@ -71,12 +70,6 @@ fi
 # automake will stop if their contents was created by an earlier version.
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 
-# Generate acinclude.m4
-echo -n "Generate acinclude.m4... "
-rm -f acinclude.m4
-(cd config ; cat ${ACINCLUDE_FILES} ${EXTRA_ACINCLUDE_FILES} >../acinclude.m4)
-echo "done."
-
 # Generate the Makefiles and configure files
 if ( $ACLOCAL --version ) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 	echo "Building macros..."