diff --git a/po/Makefile.in b/po/Makefile.in
index ce24357..1d8b389 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in
@@ -152,40 +152,9 @@ check:
 
 .PHONY: all update-po install clean distclean maintainer-clean check
 
-distdir = $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/$(subdir)
-dist distdir:
-	test -z "$(DISTFILESDEPS)" || $(MAKE) $(DISTFILESDEPS)
-	@$(MAKE) dist2
-# This is a separate target because 'update-po' must be executed before.
-dist2: stamp-po $(DISTFILES)
-	dists="$(DISTFILES)"; \
-	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  dists="$$dists Makevars.template"; \
-	fi; \
-	if test -f $(srcdir)/$(DOMAIN).pot; then \
-	  dists="$$dists $(DOMAIN).pot stamp-po"; \
-	fi; \
-	if test -f $(srcdir)/ChangeLog; then \
-	  dists="$$dists ChangeLog"; \
-	fi; \
-	for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do \
-	  if test -f $(srcdir)/ChangeLog.$$i; then \
-	    dists="$$dists ChangeLog.$$i"; \
-	  fi; \
-	done; \
-	if test -f $(srcdir)/LINGUAS; then dists="$$dists LINGUAS"; fi; \
-	for file in $$dists; do \
-	  if test -f $$file; then \
-	    cp -p $$file $(distdir) || exit 1; \
-	  else \
-	    cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir) || exit 1; \
-	  fi; \
-	done
-	if test -f $(srcdir)/LINGUAS; then dists="$$dists LINGUAS"; fi; \
-	  for file in $$dists; do \
-	    if test -f $$file; then \
-	      cp -p $$file $(distdir) || exit 1; \
-	    else \
-	      cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir) || exit 1; \
-	    fi; \
-	 done
+dist:
+	@echo "Creating distribution package..."
+	@mkdir -p dist
+	@cp -r * dist/
+	@tar -czf $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION).tar.gz -C dist .
+	@rm -rf dist