--- util-linux-2.38.1.old/Makefile.am
+++ util-linux-2.38.1/Makefile.am
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST =
 CLEANFILES =
 
-SUBDIRS = po
+SUBDIRS =
 
 if ENABLE_ASCIIDOC
 if ENABLE_POMAN
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 	.version \
 	autogen.sh \
 	Documentation \
-	po/update-potfiles \
 	README.licensing
 
 include tools/Makemodule.am
--- util-linux-2.38.1.old/Makefile.in
+++ util-linux-2.38.1/Makefile.in
@@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/libtool.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/ltoptions.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/ltsugar.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/ltversion.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/lt~obsolete.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/nls.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/m4/pkg.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/po.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/progtest.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/tls.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/ul.m4 $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
 am__configure_deps = $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES) \
@@ -4640,7 +4639,7 @@
   unique=`for i in $$list; do \
     if test -f "$$i"; then echo $$i; else echo $(srcdir)/$$i; fi; \
   done | $(am__uniquify_input)`
-DIST_SUBDIRS = po po-man libblkid/docs libmount/docs libsmartcols/docs \
+DIST_SUBDIRS = libblkid/docs libmount/docs libsmartcols/docs \
 	libfdisk/docs
 am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
 	$(srcdir)/bash-completion/Makemodule.am $(srcdir)/config.h.in \
@@ -5173,7 +5172,7 @@
 CHECK_LOCALS = check-local-tests
 
 # Meson files
-EXTRA_DIST = .version autogen.sh Documentation po/update-potfiles \
+EXTRA_DIST = .version autogen.sh Documentation \
 	README.licensing tools/git-tp-sync tools/git-tp-sync-man \
 	tools/git-version-gen tools/ko-release-gen \
 	tools/ko-release-push tools/checkadoc-missing.sh \
@@ -5213,7 +5212,7 @@
 	tools/meson-make-symlink.sh include/meson.build \
 	libblkid/meson.build libmount/meson.build \
 	libmount/python/meson.build misc-utils/meson.build \
-	libsmartcols/meson.build text-utils/meson.build po/meson.build \
+	libsmartcols/meson.build text-utils/meson.build \
 	lib/meson.build libuuid/meson.build sys-utils/meson.build \
 	libfdisk/meson.build term-utils/meson.build \
 	disk-utils/meson.build login-utils/meson.build \
--- util-linux-2.38.1.old/configure.ac
+++ util-linux-2.38.1/configure.ac
@@ -266,10 +266,6 @@
 AC_HEADER_ASSERT
 AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE
 
-dnl Don't forget to maintain alternatively allowed versions in autogen.sh!
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.3])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-
 AS_IF([test -d "$srcdir/po"], [
   ALL_LINGUAS=`cd $srcdir/po > /dev/null && echo *.po | sed 's/\.po//g'`
 ], [dnl echo $ALL_LINGUAS | sed 's/ /\n/g' | sort -u | column -xc 72 -o ' ' | sed 's/^/\t/'