diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c3f31fc15..9d3ca4fb6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.6 dist-bzip2
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.6
 
 SUBDIRS = src doc
 docdir = $(prefix)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)