diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 34658210428ffaec6df96297ad12bc3702cc5493..52bbe5600bf7cc22dc04cbfe27bf141a74f551bb 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-test -f AUTHORS || touch AUTHORS
-test -f ChangeLog || touch ChangeLog
-test -f NEWS || touch NEWS
-test -f README || cp -f README.md README
-autoreconf --install --verbose -Wall
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+autoreconf --install --verbose -Wall
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 44ea0ba9ea82c918e055348dff36ff5c97053a0c..3ecd8f2027b56e01ab6ad85145bd07000ecf7f91 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(dhtcpp, 0.1)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(ac)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GNUTLS], [gnutls >= 3.1])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile dhtcpp.pc])
-AC_OUTPUT
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+AC_OUTPUT