diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 029ff3d..b93e08d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ tests/test_hash
 tests/test_jid
 tests/test_sasl
 tests/test_sock
+m4/
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index cd8bec7..7c590a3 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-mkdir -p m4
 autoreconf -i