diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index fd54919..62a005f 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ set -e
 
 aclocal
 autoheader
-automake --add-missing --copy
+automake --add-missing
 autoconf
diff --git a/hacking/ChangeLog b/hacking/ChangeLog
index 9b2d5ba..08a0e56 100644
--- a/hacking/ChangeLog
+++ b/hacking/ChangeLog
@@ -122,3 +122,4 @@
 20051031 .cvsignore,Makefile.am,createhdf.c,ide.[ch],raw2hdf.c,
 	 man/{Makefile.am,fuse-utils.1,raw2hdf.1}: add raw2hdf utility
 	 (Matthew Westcott).
+20051224 autogen.sh: remove --copy on automake invocation.