--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 dnl I18N feature
 ALL_LINGUAS="cs de el eo es et fr gl hr id it ja ko nl no pl pt_BR ru sl sv"
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.12)
 
 dnl DOS file name convention
 dnl sets HAVE_DOS_FILE_NAMES
@@ -141,4 +142,4 @@
 	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pcre_exec, pcre, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPCRE, 1, [Define to 1 if you have the `pcre' library (-lpcre).])])
 fi
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile lib/Makefile lib/posix/Makefile src/Makefile tests/Makefile po/Makefile.in intl/Makefile doc/Makefile m4/Makefile vms/Makefile bootstrap/Makefile, [sed -e "/POTFILES =/r po/POTFILES" po/Makefile.in > po/Makefile; echo timestamp > stamp-h])
+AC_OUTPUT(Makefile lib/Makefile lib/posix/Makefile src/Makefile tests/Makefile po/Makefile.in intl/Makefile doc/Makefile m4/Makefile vms/Makefile bootstrap/Makefile)