diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 55ec599..5763bb6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 SUBDIRS = src
-DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) autotools data debian
+DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) data
 
 EXTRA_DIST = BUGS doc/shapes.txt bootstrap
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-bzip2