diff --git a/dpkg-deb/Makefile.am b/dpkg-deb/Makefile.am
index 02d79ed7df3cef470b3dc36bebac371d889f1e4d..b7279b0b533dc09467648cc7348ef99c31575d3b 100644
--- a/dpkg-deb/Makefile.am
+++ b/dpkg-deb/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \
 	-idirafter $(top_srcdir)/lib/compat \
diff --git a/dpkg-split/Makefile.am b/dpkg-split/Makefile.am
index 3db848d36cc9a1ff858d6f291823a89f7f854145..8696757d465a116c50633f6cbfa8e62b2cd9441e 100644
--- a/dpkg-split/Makefile.am
+++ b/dpkg-split/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \
 	-DADMINDIR=\"$(admindir)\" \
diff --git a/dselect/Makefile.am b/dselect/Makefile.am
index 4671c7ba62ffd8c888dc88699f5c30d9c7e7c38a..ec889735c1d71484c6d714910b64b383a83d84c5 100644
--- a/dselect/Makefile.am
+++ b/dselect/Makefile.am
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 SUBDIRS = methods po
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
-pkgconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/@PACKAGE@
-
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \
 	-DADMINDIR=\"$(admindir)\" \
diff --git a/lib/dpkg/Makefile.am b/lib/dpkg/Makefile.am
index 3a3bd64b45d06293d8973014fa257ca776e1a9c5..0b654b4bf1160a7d37b301b2b41406261c3fd818 100644
--- a/lib/dpkg/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/dpkg/Makefile.am
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 SUBDIRS = . t
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
-pkgconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/@PACKAGE@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \
 	-DCONFIGDIR=\"$(pkgconfdir)\" \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b1003f4288309bbf99cd01ae1c3c4c94d32bc11d..3a968639a3eacd23eea9b19b6004e063bc39f086 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
-pkgconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/@PACKAGE@
-
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \
 	-DADMINDIR=\"$(admindir)\" \
diff --git a/utils/Makefile.am b/utils/Makefile.am
index b1e2af96fd6be05bd2e38c7b8372b24f774110a7..e446fefcbaa287356543cc1f4a99677686c75bb0 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/utils/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DADMINDIR=\"$(admindir)\" \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" \