--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ GP_GETTEXT_HACK([],[Lutz Müller and oth
 ALL_LINGUAS="az cs da de en_GB es eu fi fr hu id it ja nl pa pl pt_BR ro ru rw sk sr sv uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.14.1])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_PO_SUBDIRS()
 AM_ICONV()
 GP_GETTEXT_FLAGS()