diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am

index cd34290..76a9277 100644

--- a/Makefile.am

+++ b/Makefile.am

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@

 # either to the comments or the code of this program, but if reported

 # to me, then an attempt will be made to fix them.

-SUBDIRS = intl po compface faces

+SUBDIRS = po compface faces

 EXTRA_DIST = \

 	autogen.sh \

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in

index 04efb0c..142b20e 100644

--- a/Makefile.in

+++ b/Makefile.in

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ am__quote = @am__quote@

 install_sh = @install_sh@

 l = @l@

-SUBDIRS = intl po compface faces

+SUBDIRS = po compface faces

 EXTRA_DIST = \

 	autogen.sh \

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in

index 248bbed..bbbe81e 100644

--- a/configure.in

+++ b/configure.in

@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ AC_HEADER_TIME

 AC_FUNC_MALLOC

 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL

 AC_FUNC_STAT

-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endpwent getcwd gethostbyname isascii memset strcasecmp strchr strrchr])

+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endpwent getcwd gethostbyname isascii memset strcasecmp strchr strrchr putenv setenv])

 AM_PATH_GTK_2_0(2.1.0, ,

             AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?))

 dnl Add the languages which your application supports here.

 ALL_LINGUAS=""

-AM_GNU_GETTEXT

+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.20)

+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])

 dnl Set PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR in config.h.

 if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE"; then

@@ -224,6 +225,5 @@ AC_OUTPUT([

 Makefile

 faces/Makefile

 compface/Makefile

-intl/Makefile

 po/Makefile.in

 ])

diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..bf5efa6

--- /dev/null

+++ b/po/Makevars

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@

+DOMAIN = faces

+subdir = po

+top_builddir = ..