diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 1989437..d699909 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
 sed '/undef VERSION/d' config.hin > config.hin2
 mv config.hin2 config.hin
 autoconf
-automake --copy --add-missing --foreign
+automake --copy --add-missing