diff -r 5e1b96585bb7 Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	Sun Oct 01 13:05:03 2017 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.am	Sun Oct 01 13:07:22 2017 +0100
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-SUBDIRS = gnulib-local gettext-runtime gettext-tools
+SUBDIRS = gnulib-local gettext-runtime
 
 changelog_etc = \
   gettext-runtime/ChangeLog.0 \
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@
   m4/libtool.m4
 
 # Additional dependencies for configure, due to the use of autoconf --trace.
-$(srcdir)/configure: $(srcdir)/gettext-runtime/configure.ac $(srcdir)/gettext-tools/configure.ac 
+$(srcdir)/configure: $(srcdir)/gettext-runtime/configure.ac 
 
 # Verify that some files are the same.
 distcheck-hook:
+
+distcheck-hook-disable:
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/Makefile.in.in gettext-tools/po/Makefile.in.in
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/Rules-quot gettext-tools/po/Rules-quot
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/boldquot.sed gettext-tools/po/boldquot.sed
diff -r 5e1b96585bb7 Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in	Sun Oct 01 13:05:03 2017 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.in	Sun Oct 01 13:07:22 2017 +0100
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-SUBDIRS = gnulib-local gettext-runtime gettext-tools
+SUBDIRS = gnulib-local gettext-runtime
 changelog_etc = \
   gettext-runtime/ChangeLog.0 \
   gettext-runtime/doc/ChangeLog.0 \
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@
 
 # Verify that some files are the same.
 distcheck-hook:
+
+distcheck-hook-disable:
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/Makefile.in.in gettext-tools/po/Makefile.in.in
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/Rules-quot gettext-tools/po/Rules-quot
 	cmp -s gettext-runtime/po/boldquot.sed gettext-tools/po/boldquot.sed
