diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad8734d970520cfd8f25a5ef41df766d5f88b386..61136d5125d9e71da04621c4720a652f938292af 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 AC_INIT([dynare], [4.4-unstable])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([preprocessor/DynareMain.cc])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
diff --git a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
index 9686b58d4ecd1009722a9af745af63c7540a2717..25d810da0608f8be3e55c5b76076247b72b67b64 100644
--- a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 AC_INIT([dynare], [4.4-unstable])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign])
 
 dnl The following must occur before we modify CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
index 09d719a2a9a855b0a4016ad5b22fa9eb71f29834..98914a30d8f451d8ca4b1ea07ca7626c605a6ade 100755
--- a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 AC_INIT([dynare], [4.4-unstable])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability -Werror foreign])
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG([MKOCTFILE], [mkoctfile], [mkoctfile])