diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 904cd674..354f254e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cd $srcdir
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 cd $ORIGDIR || exit $?
 
-$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+$srcdir/configure "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 832da27e..38ed3e69 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ AC_GNU_SOURCE
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 AM_PATH_PYTHON([3],, [:])
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_LEX