diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4009118cfb..cf51285575 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-04  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Apparently AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR breaks when using more
+	than one macro directory, reverting last change.
+
 2008-12-04  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b5eb8aee90..a28c2247e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ AS_NANO(GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 dnl can autoconf find the source ?
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ext/mad/gstmad.c])
 
-dnl where are our m4 macros ?
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([common/m4])
-
 dnl define the output header for config
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)