diff --git a/wmbiff/configure.ac b/wmbiff/configure.ac
index c8a5943..c4f0e6b 100644
--- a/wmbiff/configure.ac
+++ b/wmbiff/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dnl  version
 
 AC_INIT(WMBiff, 0.4.27, wmbiff-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, wmbiff)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autoconf)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wmbiff, 0.4.27) dnl tarded syntax for automake <= 1.5
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 dnl make sure autoheader finds version, implicitly defined above.
 AH_TEMPLATE([VERSION], [wmbiff's release version])