diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 3f190bad..30d679f4 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
 autoreconf --force --install --verbose "$srcdir"
-test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1fd0818e..0b37cc76 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 foreign dist-bzip2])
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 
 # Enable quiet compiles on automake 1.11.
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])