diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b11c9fe..6d90c1c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ man_MANS = mate-terminal.1
 bin_SCRIPTS = mate-terminal.wrapper
 
 EXTRA_DIST = 			\
-	ChangeLog.pre-2-23	\
-	ChangeLog.README	\
 	HACKING			\
 	xmldocs.make		\
 	omf.make		\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea61111..21bc3fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ AC_INIT([MATE Terminal],[gt_version],[http://www.mate-desktop.org],[mate-termina
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/terminal.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-bzip2])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([no])])
 
@@ -177,10 +177,6 @@ src/Makefile
 src/terminal-version.h
 src/skey/Makefile
 help/Makefile
-help/bg/Makefile
-help/ro/Makefile
-help/ja/Makefile
-help/zh_TW/Makefile
 po/Makefile.in
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 5f45211..792e015 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mate-terminal.desktop.in.in
 src/eggsmclient.c
 src/encodings-dialog.glade
 src/find-dialog.glade
-src/mate-terminal.schemas.in
 src/keybinding-editor.glade
 src/profile-editor.c
 src/profile-manager.glade