--- jwm-git-4640d3b48.old/Makefile.in
+++ jwm-git-4640d3b48/Makefile.in
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
 
 all:
 	$(MAKE) -C src all
-	$(MAKE) -C po all
 
 install: all
 	$(MAKE) -C src install
-	$(MAKE) -C po install
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib install
 	install -d -m 0755 $(SYSCONF)
 	install -m 644 example.jwmrc $(SYSCONF)/system.jwmrc
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@
 
 install-strip: all install-conf
 	$(MAKE) -C src install-strip
-	$(MAKE) -C po install-strip
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib install
 	install -d -m 0755 $(SYSCONF)
 	install -m 644 example.jwmrc $(SYSCONF)/system.jwmrc
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@
 
 uninstall:
 	$(MAKE) -C src uninstall
-	$(MAKE) -C po uninstall
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib uninstall
 	rm -f $(SYSCONF)/system.jwmrc
 	rm -f $(MANDIR)/man1/jwm.1
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@
 
 clean:
 	(cd src && $(MAKE) clean)
-	(cd po && $(MAKE) clean)
 	rm -rf doc
 
 distclean: clean
@@ -55,33 +50,3 @@
 	rm -fr autom4te.cache
 	rm -f Makefile.bak src/Makefile.bak
 	rm -fr .git .gitignore
-
-check-gettext:
-	@if test x$(USE_NLS) != "xyes" ; then \
-		echo "Missing gettext. Rerun configure and check for" \
-			"'checking whether to use NLS... yes'!" ; exit 1 ; fi
-
-update-po: check-gettext
-	@find src/ -name "*.c" -print | sort > po/POTFILES.in.2 ; \
-	if diff po/POTFILES.in po/POTFILES.in.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
-	   rm -f po/POTFILES.in.2 ; \
-	else \
-	   mv po/POTFILES.in.2 po/POTFILES.in ; \
-	fi
-	cd po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) update-po
-
-update-gmo: check-gettext
-	cd po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) update-gmo
-
-force-update-gmo: check-gettext
-	touch po/*.po
-	cd po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) update-gmo
-
-force-update-gmo-%: check-gettext
-	@language=`echo $@ | sed s/force-update-gmo-//` ; \
-	if test ! -f po/$$language.po ; then \
-		echo "file po/$$language.po does not exist" ; exit 1 ; fi ; \
-	touch po/$$language.po ; \
-	cd po && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) update-gmo
-
-.PHONY: check-gettext update-po update-gmo force-update-gmo
--- jwm-git-4640d3b48.old/configure.ac
+++ jwm-git-4640d3b48/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 AC_INIT([jwm],[2.4.4],[joewing@joewing.net])
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([po])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_LANG(C)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
@@ -475,14 +474,6 @@
 fi
 
 ############################################################################
-# Check if support for gettext was requested and available.
-############################################################################
-AM_ICONV
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LIBINTL $LIBICONV"
-
-############################################################################
 # Check if debug mode was requested.
 ############################################################################
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
@@ -548,8 +539,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(SYSCONF, "$SYSCONF")
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE")
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([po/Makefile.in
-   Makefile
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
    src/Makefile
    contrib/Makefile
    jwm.1