--- m4macros/glib-gettext.m4
+++ m4macros/glib-gettext.m4
@@ -321,18 +321,6 @@
      fi
    fi
 
-   dnl If the AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR macro for autoconf is used we possibly
-   dnl find the mkinstalldirs script in another subdir but ($top_srcdir).
-   dnl Try to locate is.
-   MKINSTALLDIRS=
-   if test -n "$ac_aux_dir"; then
-     MKINSTALLDIRS="$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"
-   fi
-   if test -z "$MKINSTALLDIRS"; then
-     MKINSTALLDIRS="\$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs"
-   fi
-   AC_SUBST(MKINSTALLDIRS)
-
    dnl Generate list of files to be processed by xgettext which will
    dnl be included in po/Makefile.
    test -d po || mkdir po
--- po/Makefile.in.in
+++ po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
-MKINSTALLDIRS = $(top_srcdir)/@MKINSTALLDIRS@
 
 CC = @CC@
 GENCAT = @GENCAT@
@@ -103,11 +102,7 @@
 install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
 install-data-no: all
 install-data-yes: all
-	if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	  $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
-	else \
-	  $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
-	fi
+	@mkdir_p@ $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
@@ -117,11 +112,7 @@
 	  esac; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed 's/\$(CATOBJEXT)$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(DESTDIR)$$destdir/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $$dir; \
-	  else \
-	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $$dir; \
-	  fi; \
+	  @mkdir_p@ $$dir; \
 	  if test -r $$cat; then \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$cat $$dir/$(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)$(INSTOBJEXT); \
 	    echo "installing $$cat as $$dir/$(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)$(INSTOBJEXT)"; \
@@ -145,11 +136,7 @@
 	  fi; \
 	done
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "glib"; then \
-	  if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
-	  else \
-	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
-	  fi; \
+	  @mkdir_p@ $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Makefile.in.in \
 			  $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir)/Makefile.in.in; \
 	else \