diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 73aec0812..3fa95c426 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 check-news dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip foreign])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])