diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 8f2d9c295f..fa26641569 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ fi
 tool_run "$autopoint"
 patch -p0 < common/gettext.patch
 
-# autopoint
-#    older autopoint (< 0.12) has a tendency to complain about mkinstalldirs
-if test -e mkinstalldirs; then rm mkinstalldirs; fi
-#    first remove patch if necessary, then run autopoint, then reapply
-if test -f po/Makefile.in.in;
-then
-  patch -p0 -R < common/gettext.patch
-fi
-tool_run "$autopoint"
-patch -p0 < common/gettext.patch
-
 tool_run "$aclocal" "-I m4 -I common/m4 $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
 tool_run "$libtoolize" "--copy --force"
 tool_run "$autoheader"
diff --git a/common b/common
index c6f697f5a1..59d3c4334b 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6f697f5a14c01e88a7cdf417b8e06b4417921c3
+Subproject commit 59d3c4334b32261908261a163b4633532293492d