diff -r decc1317356a Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	Sun Nov 17 14:47:59 2013 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.am	Sun Nov 17 14:50:27 2013 +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
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   version.sh DEPENDENCIES PACKAGING HACKING ChangeLog.0 autogen.sh \
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
   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 decc1317356a Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in	Sun Nov 17 14:47:59 2013 +0100
+++ b/Makefile.in	Sun Nov 17 14:50:27 2013 +0100
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 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 
 
 # DJGPP port.
 
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@
 
 # 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
