diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 47bcf2b6..51e137fe 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#   $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.42 2008/03/09 18:10:46 rocky Exp $
+#   $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.43 2008/03/09 18:41:27 rocky Exp $
 #
 #    Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
 #
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ##   which configure then turns into a Makefile  ...
 ##     which make can then use to produce stuff. Isn't configuration simple? 
 
-EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath  codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc2.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 intdiv0.m4 intmax.m4 inttypes_h.m4 inttypes-h.m4 inttypes-pri.m4 lcmessage.m4 lib-ld.m4 lib-link.m4 lib-prefix.m4 lock.m4 longdouble.m4 longlong.m4 nls.m4 po.m4 printf-posix.m4 progtest.m4 signed.m4 size_max.m4 stdint_h.m4 uintmax_t.m4 ulonglong.m4 visibility.m4 wchar_t.m4 wint_t.m4 xsize.m4 \
+EXTRA_DIST = \
 	MSVC/README MSVC/cd-info.vcproj \
 	MSVC/config.h \
 	MSVC/libcdio.sln \
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath  codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc2.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 i
 	package/libcdio.spec \
 	package/libcdio.spec.in 
 
-SUBDIRS = po  doc include lib src test example
+SUBDIRS = doc include lib src test example
 
 if BUILD_CD_PARANOIA
 paranoiapcs = libcdio_paranoia.pc libcdio_cdda.pc
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 17729a45..08be03a5 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ grep "^AM_GNU_GETTEXT" $srcdir/configure.ac >/dev/null && {
     DIE=1
   }
 }
-gettextize
+if ! test -f po/Makefile.in.in 
+  gettextize
+fi
 
 (automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
   echo
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b218c242..69a301d4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ define(RELEASE_NUM, 80)
 define(CDIO_VERSION_STR, 0.$1)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_REVISION([$Id: configure.ac,v 1.219 2008/01/01 03:14:17 flameeyes Exp $])dnl
+AC_REVISION([$Id: configure.ac,v 1.220 2008/03/09 18:41:27 rocky Exp $])dnl
 AC_INIT(libcdio, CDIO_VERSION_STR(RELEASE_NUM))
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/cd-info.c)
 
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([checks],
 dnl
 dnl Output configuration files
 dnl
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
+## AC_CONFIG_FILES([  po/Makefile.in\
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
        Makefile \
        example/C++/Makefile \
        example/C++/OO/Makefile \
@@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
        test/Makefile \
        ])
 
+# AC_CONFIG_FILES([po/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([test/check_cue.sh], [chmod +x test/check_cue.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([test/check_iso.sh], [chmod +x test/check_iso.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([test/check_nrg.sh], [chmod +x test/check_nrg.sh])