diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 767967b32942bbe1b4a11e1a0c0fc52b8e1d3e56..35f21351ceb03c0effbde180227acfa2951ede3b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.9 nostdinc
 
-SUBDIRS = src tools
+SUBDIRS = src
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=@CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@