diff -pruN gettext-0.17.orig/autoconf-lib-link/Makefile.in gettext-0.17/autoconf-lib-link/Makefile.in
--- gettext-0.17.orig/autoconf-lib-link/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:11:00.057467286 +0200
+++ gettext-0.17/autoconf-lib-link/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:12:04.539791314 +0200
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath
 DISTCLEANFILES = build-aux/config.guess build-aux/config.sub \
 	build-aux/install-sh build-aux/ltmain.sh build-aux/missing \
 	build-aux/config.rpath
-SUBDIRS = m4 tests
+SUBDIRS = m4
 
 # Subdirectories with separate autoconfiguration.
 CONFIGURES_RPATHX = $(srcdir)/tests/rpathx/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/tests/rpathx/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/tests/rpathx/configure
diff -pruN gettext-0.17.orig/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in gettext-0.17/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in
--- gettext-0.17.orig/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:10:59.798239310 +0200
+++ gettext-0.17/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:12:40.225999245 +0200
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS = mostlyclean-re
 ETAGS = etags
 CTAGS = ctags
 DIST_SUBDIRS = doc intl intl-java intl-csharp gnulib-lib libasprintf \
-	src po man m4 tests
+	src po man m4
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 top_distdir = $(distdir)
diff -pruN gettext-0.17.orig/gettext-tools/Makefile.in gettext-0.17/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
--- gettext-0.17.orig/gettext-tools/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:11:00.269723630 +0200
+++ gettext-0.17/gettext-tools/Makefile.in	2009-05-19 17:14:09.041478317 +0200
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../m4 -I gnulib-m4 -I libgettextpo/gnulib-m4
-SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests examples
+SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4
 
 # Allow users to use "gnulib-tool --update".