diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4b072978f5..c637fa8e2d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools ## testsuite
 
-DIST_SUBDIRS=common gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools ## testsuite
+DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools ## testsuite
 
 EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp AUTHORS COPYING README RELEASE ChangeLog autogen.sh
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 13779683ce..83230534bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -750,8 +750,6 @@ Makefile
 gstreamer-libs.pc
 gstreamer-libs-uninstalled.pc
 gst-plugins.spec
-common/Makefile
-common/m4/Makefile
 gst/Makefile
 gst/ac3parse/Makefile
 gst/adder/Makefile