diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 904cd67..354f254 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cd $srcdir
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?
 
-$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+$srcdir/configure "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee8a500..4768f88 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h include/X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h])
 
 # Initialize Automake
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 # Initialize libtool
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL