diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 904cd6746c8734b2c33e3f80773d4759715d2f6e..354f254e454019901fc24c70590205c3d26bd9b3 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cd $srcdir
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?
 
-$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+$srcdir/configure "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 18795f7fee5f5dc50fe0153618c6aeb232562128..207264d4858b8454bf9b9c46e84c127b1f74c2d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Initialize Automake
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 # Initialize libtool
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL