diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 #AC_PROG_RANLIB #don't add this even if autoscan says to, because AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is enough
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnu dist-bzip2 subdir-objects -Wall])
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
 #basic low-level checks (suggested by autoscan)
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_DIR([LOCALSTATEDIR], [localsta
 AC_DEFINE_DIR([RUNSTATEDIR], [localstatedir/run], [Default directory for registering runtime information like pid-files])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
-src/Makefile
-src/tests/Makefile
 etc/distrendaemon.conf
 etc/distrenslave.conf
 ])