diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 4e8b11ba9..8b6f58f69 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cd $srcdir
 autoreconf --force -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?
 
-$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+$srcdir/configure "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ec180c26..e6866140e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ RELEASE_DATE="2012-10-04"
 RELEASE_NAME="Horchata"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 # Require xorg-macros minimum of 1.14 for XORG_COMPILER_BRAND in XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
 m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],