diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6abfe22..db4f4dd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = comedilib.pc
 ## with automake 1.8, putting the m4 directory in EXTRA_DIST is not needed, and
 ## causes 'make distcheck' to fail, by way of 'make distdir' failing when builddir != srcdir 
 ## and srcdir is read-only.
-EXTRA_DIST = debian comedilib.spec autogen.sh
+EXTRA_DIST = debian comedilib.spec
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4