diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7899a59..6ff03b3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #  IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 #  CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 SUBDIRS = src man