diff --git a/libvisual-plugins/Makefile.am b/libvisual-plugins/Makefile.am
index 73a568e3..eeab59fb 100644
--- a/libvisual-plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvisual-plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to generate a Makefile.in
 
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 --install
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 SUBDIRS = plugins po
 
diff --git a/libvisual-plugins/autogen.sh b/libvisual-plugins/autogen.sh
index a1764362..3e5fcbdf 100755
--- a/libvisual-plugins/autogen.sh
+++ b/libvisual-plugins/autogen.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,27 @@
 
 set -e -u
 
+# For alsa.m4 (with "L" in ALSA meaning "Linux") we want three things:
+# - That a build on macOS is fully okay without it.
+# - That "make dist" results from Linux contain a healthy m4/alsa.m4 file.
+# - That running ./autogen.sh (or autoreconf) on a host
+#   without ALSA development files installed still succeeds.
+alsa_m4="$(aclocal --print-ac-dir)"/alsa.m4
+if [[ -f "${alsa_m4}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p m4/
+    cp -v "${alsa_m4}" m4/
+fi
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == Darwin ]]; then
     # This provides a dummy substitute to alsa.m4 on macOS
+    # and that is a reason why "make dist" should be run on Linux, not macOS.
     echo 'AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_ALSA], [HAVE_ALSA=no])' > acinclude.m4
+elif [[ ! -f m4/alsa.m4 ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Please install ALSA development files before running" >&2
+    echo "       '$0' on Linux." >&2
+    exit 1
 fi
 
+# NOTE: We're running things twice to workaround bug "too many loops" in aclocal
 autoreconf --install --verbose --force || \
 autoreconf --install --verbose --force
 
diff --git a/libvisual-plugins/po/boldquot.sed b/libvisual-plugins/po/boldquot.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b937aa5..00000000
--- a/libvisual-plugins/po/boldquot.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-s/"\([^"]*\)"/“\1”/g
-s/`\([^`']*\)'/‘\1’/g
-s/ '\([^`']*\)' / ‘\1’ /g
-s/ '\([^`']*\)'$/ ‘\1’/g
-s/^'\([^`']*\)' /‘\1’ /g
-s/“”/""/g
-s/“/“/g
-s/”/”/g
-s/‘/‘/g
-s/’/’/g
diff --git a/libvisual-plugins/po/quot.sed b/libvisual-plugins/po/quot.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 0122c463..00000000
--- a/libvisual-plugins/po/quot.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-s/"\([^"]*\)"/“\1”/g
-s/`\([^`']*\)'/‘\1’/g
-s/ '\([^`']*\)' / ‘\1’ /g
-s/ '\([^`']*\)'$/ ‘\1’/g
-s/^'\([^`']*\)' /‘\1’ /g
-s/“”/""/g
diff --git a/libvisual-plugins/po/stamp-po b/libvisual-plugins/po/stamp-po
deleted file mode 100644
index 9788f702..00000000
--- a/libvisual-plugins/po/stamp-po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-timestamp
diff --git a/libvisual/autogen.sh b/libvisual/autogen.sh
index a547c666..347e2e9c 100755
--- a/libvisual/autogen.sh
+++ b/libvisual/autogen.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 set -e -u
 
+# NOTE: We're running things twice to workaround bug "too many loops" in aclocal
 autoreconf --install --verbose --force || \
 autoreconf --install --verbose --force