diff --git a/wmbiff/Makefile.am b/wmbiff/Makefile.am
index c971f1c..169f91d 100644
--- a/wmbiff/Makefile.am
+++ b/wmbiff/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-SUBDIRS = wmgeneral wmbiff autoconf scripts
+SUBDIRS = wmgeneral wmbiff scripts
 EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog FAQ TODO
 
-ACLOCAL_FLAGS = -I autoconf
-## dummies.
-ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@ $(ACLOCAL_FLAGS)
-
-## no longer needed AUTOHEADER = @AUTOHEADER@ -l autoconf
-
 # make maintainer-clean is all about returning to CVS.
 # aclocal.m4 is generated by aclocal
 # config.h.in is generated by autoheader
diff --git a/wmbiff/autoconf/Makefile.am b/wmbiff/autoconf/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8ef12..0000000
--- a/wmbiff/autoconf/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-EXTRA_DIST =
diff --git a/wmbiff/configure.ac b/wmbiff/configure.ac
index 6280da7..1e507a7 100644
--- a/wmbiff/configure.ac
+++ b/wmbiff/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ dnl  installation prefix
 dnl  version
 
 AC_INIT(WMBiff, 0.4.33, wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com, wmbiff)
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autoconf)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 dnl make sure autoheader finds version, implicitly defined above.
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_SKIN_PATH,
                    "$SKINDIR:/usr/share/wmbiff/skins:/usr/local/share/wmbiff/skins:.", [Path to use when finding skins (modified pixmaps)] )
 
 dnl We're done.
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile wmbiff/Makefile wmgeneral/Makefile wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5 autoconf/Makefile scripts/Makefile)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile wmbiff/Makefile wmgeneral/Makefile wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5 scripts/Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
 dnl remind not to write the file.
 chmod 0444 wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5