diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 3aac0eefc..e29519e9c 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ COMPILE = $(CC) -c $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(XCFLAGS)
 SOURCES = 
 POFILES = @POFILES@
 GMOFILES = @GMOFILES@
-DISTFILES = LINGUAS ChangeLog Makefile.in.in POTFILES.in POTFILES.skip $(GETTEXT_PACKAGE).pot \
+DISTFILES = Makefile.in.in POTFILES.in POTFILES.skip $(GETTEXT_PACKAGE).pot \
 $(POFILES) $(GMOFILES) $(SOURCES)
 
 POTFILES = \
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb