diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index dbfecc9..dbc0807 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 	tools/mrlg.cgi tools/rrcheck.pl tools/rrlookup.pl tools/zc.pl \
 	tools/zebra.el
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I $(top_srcdir)/m4
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/update-autotools b/update-autotools
index 4d7b6f7..4e68476 100755
--- a/update-autotools
+++ b/update-autotools
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 done
 
 echo "UPDATING:"
-aclocal
+aclocal -I m4
 autoheader
 autoconf
 libtoolize