diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 4f8f10dd..b56968ac 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,35 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e -x
 
-# autooint copies all kinds of crap even though we have told in
-# configure.ac that we don't want the intl directory. It is able
-# to omit the intl directory but still copies the m4 files needed
-# only by the stuff in the non-existing intl directory.
 autopoint -f
-rm -f \
-	codeset.m4 \
-	glibc2.m4 \
-	glibc21.m4 \
-	intdiv0.m4 \
-	intl.m4 \
-	intldir.m4 \
-	intmax.m4 \
-	inttypes-pri.m4 \
-	inttypes_h.m4 \
-	lcmessage.m4 \
-	lock.m4 \
-	longdouble.m4 \
-	longlong.m4 \
-	printf-posix.m4 \
-	size_max.m4 \
-	stdint_h.m4 \
-	uintmax_t.m4 \
-	ulonglong.m4 \
-	visibility.m4 \
-	wchar_t.m4 \
-	wint_t.m4 \
-	xsize.m4
-
 libtoolize -c -f || glibtoolize -c -f
 aclocal -I m4
 autoconf