diff --git a/daemons/fenced/Makefile.am b/daemons/fenced/Makefile.am
index 6a275467bd..2ca008861e 100644
--- a/daemons/fenced/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemons/fenced/Makefile.am
@@ -1,54 +1,52 @@
 #
 # Original Author: Sun Jiang Dong <sunjd@cn.ibm.com>
 # Copyright 2004 International Business Machines
 #
 # with later changes copyright 2004-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors.
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/common.mk
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/man.mk
 
 halibdir	= $(CRM_DAEMON_DIR)
 
 halib_PROGRAMS	= pacemaker-fenced cts-fence-helper
 
 noinst_HEADERS	= pacemaker-fenced.h
 
 if BUILD_XML_HELP
 man7_MANS	= pacemaker-fenced.7
 endif
 
-EXTRA_DIST	= README.md
-
 cts_fence_helper_SOURCES	= cts-fence-helper.c
 cts_fence_helper_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la	\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la
 
 pacemaker_fenced_YFLAGS		= -d
 pacemaker_fenced_CFLAGS		= $(CFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 pacemaker_fenced_LDFLAGS	= $(LDFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 pacemaker_fenced_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la		\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la		\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/cluster/libcrmcluster.la		\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la		\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la		\
 				  $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la	\
 				  $(CLUSTERLIBS)
 pacemaker_fenced_SOURCES	= pacemaker-fenced.c \
 				  fenced_commands.c \
 				  fenced_remote.c \
 				  fenced_history.c
 
 CLEANFILES = $(man7_MANS) $(man8_MANS)
 
 if BUILD_LEGACY_LINKS
 install-exec-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(CRM_DAEMON_DIR) && rm -f stonithd && $(LN_S) pacemaker-fenced stonithd
 
 uninstall-hook:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(CRM_DAEMON_DIR) && rm -f stonithd
 endif