diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34ae19e090f9c717d76923217b2ce6ca34ca63a6..93bf57a0f39b2f8714704f5284b633e732ce1b7c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	the cursor moved, just reset the cutbuffer directly.  This avoids an
 	"Unknown Command" message on every cursor-positioning mouse click.
 	* src/nano.c (do_mouse): Put a common statement outside of then/else.
+	* src/Makefile.am: Remove -I m4; it is needed only at the top level.
 
 2014-06-14  Mark Majeres  <mark@engine12.com>
 	* src/nano.h, src/text.c (undo_cut, update_undo): When undoing a
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 83ce0e7a5502b111bb23723de2d01bb5b8fec77d..df65845eb7f359f6dca9b2e70dd4cdf48a39c16d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-
 bin_PROGRAMS = 	nano
 nano_SOURCES =	browser.c \
 		chars.c \