--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@
 AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, gnumeric-${VERSION})
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE",
 	[The package name, for gettext])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.13])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
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