diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f328f3b60a..b98fbf6514 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = \
 	gst sys ext \
-	m4 common po
+	m4 common
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	gst-plugins-bad.spec depcomp \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1b9e1a0ae3..3d9c683583 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ ext/sdl/Makefile
 common/Makefile
 common/m4/Makefile
 m4/Makefile
-po/Makefile.in
 )
 AC_OUTPUT