diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d31b8488..d05d1ff6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 	* Makefile.am (cvs-dist): our release tags are in lower case
 	(cvs-diff): ditto
 	(EXTRA_DIST): added README-alpha
-	(DIST_SUBDIRS): added depdemo
 	* README-alpha: minor adaptations
 	* demo/Makefile.am, mdemo/Makefile.am, depdemo/Makefile.am:
 	removed comment about special needs for distribution
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6bbb4487..32cb1d37 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
 SUBDIRS = doc tests libltdl
-DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) demo depdemo mdemo
+DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) demo mdemo
 
 # We need to export these variables when we run ltconfig.
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ ACINCLUDE_M4_LIST = \
 	$(srcdir)/acinclude.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/libltdl/acinclude.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/demo/acinclude.m4 \
-	$(srcdir)/depdemo/acinclude.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/mdemo/acinclude.m4
 
 # All our rules should depend on these demo files.