--- shadow-4.15.3.old/Makefile.am
+++ shadow-4.15.3/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 SUBDIRS += libsubid
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS += src po contrib doc etc tests/unit
+SUBDIRS += src contrib doc etc tests/unit
 
 if ENABLE_REGENERATE_MAN
 SUBDIRS += man
--- shadow-4.15.3.old/Makefile.in
+++ shadow-4.15.3/Makefile.in
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   unique=`for i in $$list; do \
     if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
   done | $(am__uniquify_input)`
-DIST_SUBDIRS = lib libsubid src po contrib doc etc tests/unit man
+DIST_SUBDIRS = lib libsubid src contrib doc etc tests/unit man
 am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/config.h.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/man/po/Makefile.in ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS.md COPYING \
 	ChangeLog NEWS README compile config.guess config.rpath \
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 EXTRA_DIST = tests/
-SUBDIRS = lib $(am__append_1) src po contrib doc etc tests/unit \
-	$(am__append_2)
+SUBDIRS = lib $(am__append_1) src contrib doc etc tests/unit $(am__append_2)
+
 CLEANFILES = man/8.out man/po/remove-potcdate.* man/*/login.defs.d man/*/*.mo
 all: config.h
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-recursive
--- shadow-4.15.3.old/configure.ac
+++ shadow-4.15.3/configure.ac
@@ -709,18 +709,13 @@
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(fgetpwent_r, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FGETPWENT_R, 1, [Defined to 1 if you have the declaration of 'fgetpwent_r'])])
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SHELL, ["$SHELL"], [The default shell.])
-
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettext])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_NLS, test "x$USE_NLS" = "xyes")
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	Makefile
-	po/Makefile.in
 	doc/Makefile
 	man/Makefile
 	man/config.xml
-	man/po/Makefile
 	man/cs/Makefile
 	man/da/Makefile
 	man/de/Makefile