diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9fdb4abb7..794d1a248 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-bzip2 1.6
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 INCLUDES = $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 728173e40..42d7b577a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_INIT([libosmocore],
 	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
 	[openbsc@lists.osmocom.org])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.6])
 AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR(tests)
 
 dnl kernel style compile messages