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index 5515930d0..167a71257 100644
--- a/build-aux/subst.am
+++ b/build-aux/subst.am
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ SUFFIXES += .pl
@test -d `dirname $@` || $(MKDIR_P) `dirname $@`
$(do_perl_subst) <$< >$@
$(AM_V_at) chmod +x $@
-
-# Makefile support.
-
-do_make_subst = $(AM_V_GEN) $(SED) \
- -e "s:dpkg_datadir[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*[^[:space:]]*:dpkg_datadir = $(pkgdatadir):" \
- # EOL
diff --git a/scripts/mk/Makefile.am b/scripts/mk/Makefile.am
index 257ba5252..6e85e17b9 100644
--- a/scripts/mk/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/mk/Makefile.am
@@ -10,24 +10,3 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
pkg-info.mk \
vendor.mk \
# EOL
-
-SUFFIXES =
-
-include $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/subst.am
-
-# Ideally we'd use '$(SED) -i', but unfortunately that's not portable. -install-data-hook:
- $(do_make_subst) <$(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/default.mk \
- >$(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/default.mk.new
- mv $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/default.mk.new \
- $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/default.mk
-
- $(do_make_subst) <$(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/buildtools