diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 91e8c77d6..254cdd3df 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,3 @@ mrproper: maintainer-clean
 	rm -f `find $(top_srcdir) -type f -name "*~" -print`
 	rm -f `find $(top_srcdir) -type f -name "*.orig" -print`
 	rm -f `find $(top_srcdir) -type f -name "*.rej" -print`
-
-maintainer-clean-local:
-	rm -rf $(top_srcdir)/m4