diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3df996e..e21398e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install-sh
 intltool-extract.in
 intltool-merge.in
 intltool-update.in
-lib/libtdata-0.2.pc
+lib/libsexpr.pc
 libtool
 ltmain.sh
 missing
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2f75a16..f63e7e8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-SUBDIRS = po include lib
+SUBDIRS = include lib
 
 libsexprdocdir = ${prefix}/doc/libsexpr
 libsexprdoc_DATA = \
@@ -11,18 +11,7 @@ libsexprdoc_DATA = \
 	INSTALL\
 	NEWS
 
-
-INTLTOOL_FILES = intltool-extract.in \
-	intltool-merge.in \
-	intltool-update.in
-
-EXTRA_DIST = $(libsexprdoc_DATA) \
-	$(INTLTOOL_FILES)
-
-DISTCLEANFILES = intltool-extract \
-	intltool-merge \
-	intltool-update \
-	po/.intltool-merge-cache
+EXTRA_DIST = $(libsexprdoc_DATA)
 
 clean-local:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1727292..40e2c34 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 
-dnl ***************************************************************************
-dnl Internationalization
-dnl ***************************************************************************
-IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])
-
-GETTEXT_PACKAGE=libsexpr
-AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [GETTEXT package name])
-AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
-
-
 LT_INIT
 
 dnl  *****************
@@ -38,5 +27,4 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 lib/libsexpr.pc
 lib/Makefile
-include/Makefile
-po/Makefile.in])
+include/Makefile])
diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/po/LINGUAS b/po/LINGUAS
deleted file mode 100644
index bc8cbb0..0000000
--- a/po/LINGUAS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# please keep this list sorted alphabetically
-#
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 17fc5de..0000000
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# List of source files containing translatable strings.
-
-