diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index b940ad98..01ff4056 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -586,6 +586,5 @@ AC_SUBST(RCLLIBVERSION)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(common/rclversion.h)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(python/recoll/setup.py)
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(sampleconf/recoll.conf)
 
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from src/sampleconf/recoll.conf.in
rename to src/sampleconf/recoll.conf