diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 77d9b38c..56147233 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.10
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2395deef..0f4a3c2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AC_INIT([opensc],[PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR.PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR.PACKAGE_VERSION_FI
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([${PACKAGE_NAME}], [${PACKAGE_VERSION}])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign 1.10)
 
 OPENSC_VERSION_MAJOR="PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR"
 OPENSC_VERSION_MINOR="PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR"