diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index f551da3c91f21897de916d9a77e86f703c058f3c..0a8da1e9184a88de3df01b920c9b5ae794e69393 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # If you've non-standard directories, set these
-#ACLOCAL_DIR=
 #GETTEXT_DIR=
 
-if test "$ACLOCAL_DIR" != ""; then
-  ACLOCAL="aclocal -I $ACLOCAL_DIR"
-  export ACLOCAL
-fi
-
 for dir in $GETTEXT_DIR /usr/share/gettext; do
   if test -f $dir/config.rpath; then
     /bin/cp -f $dir/config.rpath .