--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -106,17 +106,6 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($UINT32_TYPE)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(UINT32_TYPE,$UINT32_TYPE,unsigned 32 bit integer type)
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl Internationalization
-
-GETTEXT_PACKAGE=ccrypt
-AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Package name for gettext])
-
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.14.3])
-IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.34.2], [no-xml])
-
-dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Libtool (needed by intl/)
 
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -135,9 +124,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TAR)
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_OUTPUT([doc/ccrypt.1 
-	   po/Makefile.in 
 	   m4/Makefile 
-	   intl/Makefile 
 	   Makefile 
 	   src/Makefile 
 	   emacs/Makefile
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-SUBDIRS = m4 po intl src emacs doc check
+SUBDIRS = m4 src emacs doc check
 
-EXTRA_DIST = m4/ChangeLog  config.rpath README-WIN intltool-extract.in	\
- intltool-merge.in intltool-update.in
-DISTCLEANFILES = intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update
+EXTRA_DIST = m4/ChangeLog  config.rpath README-WIN
+DISTCLEANFILES =
 
 
 TAR = @TAR@
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 DIST_COMMON = README $(am__configure_deps) $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/config.h.in \
-	$(top_srcdir)/configure $(top_srcdir)/intl/Makefile.in \
+	$(top_srcdir)/configure \
 	ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS config.guess \
 	config.rpath config.sub depcomp elisp-comp install-sh \
 	ltmain.sh missing mkinstalldirs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES = config.stat
  configure.lineno configure.status.lineno
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
 CONFIG_HEADER = config.h
-CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = intl/Makefile
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES =
 SOURCES =
 DIST_SOURCES =
 RECURSIVE_TARGETS = all-recursive check-recursive dvi-recursive \
@@ -251,11 +251,10 @@ sbindir = @sbindir@
 sharedstatedir = @sharedstatedir@
 sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 target_alias = @target_alias@
-SUBDIRS = m4 po intl src emacs doc check
-EXTRA_DIST = m4/ChangeLog  config.rpath README-WIN intltool-extract.in	\
- intltool-merge.in intltool-update.in
+SUBDIRS = m4 src emacs doc check
+EXTRA_DIST = m4/ChangeLog  config.rpath README-WIN
 
-DISTCLEANFILES = intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update
+DISTCLEANFILES =
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 all: config.h
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ccrypt_DEPENDENCIES = @EXTRA_OBJS@
 
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 INCLUDES = -I../intl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
-LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBS@
 
 maketables: maketables.c
 
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
 LTLIBICONV = @LTLIBICONV@