diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 59251e9084..5c8ca3a19d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc --enable-docbook --with-bash-completion-dir=no
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc --enable-docbook
 
 # note: keep in sync with configure.ac
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I common/m4