diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/README b/README
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index 6cec18ea..00000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-BBF Compilation
-===================
-
-autoreconf -i
-./configure CC="gcc-9" --enable-tr181 --enable-tr104 --enable-tr143 --enable-libopenssl --enable-vendor-extension BBF_VENDOR_LIST="iopsys"
-make CPPFLAGS=-DBBF_VENDOR_LIST=\\\"iopsys\\\" CPPFLAGS+=-DBBF_VENDOR_PREFIX=\\\"X_IOPSYS_EU_\\\"
-make install
-ldconfig
-
-mkdir -p /etc/bbfdm/
-mkdir -p /etc/bbfdm/dmmap
-mkdir -p /etc/bbfdm/json
-mkdir -p /usr/lib/bbfdm
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 27867f4f..e39ca51b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT([libbbfdm], [0.1], [mohamed.kallel@pivasoftware.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(tr181, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-tr181], [enable tr181 device feature])], AC_DEFINE(BBF_TR181),)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BBF_TR181],[test "x$enable_tr181" = "xyes"])