diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index df12b27175..d404a14258 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,123 +1,113 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2003-2023 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.
 #
 
 # This directory must be same as in configure.ac's AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS		= -I m4
 
 EXTRA_DIST		= CONTRIBUTING.md	\
 			  GNUmakefile		\
 			  INSTALL.md		\
 			  README.markdown	\
 			  autogen.sh		\
 			  m4/CC_CHECK_LDFLAGS.m4	\
 			  m4/CHECK_ENUM_VALUE.m4	\
 			  m4/gnulib-cache.m4	\
 			  m4/gnulib-tool.m4	\
 			  m4/PKG_CHECK_VAR.m4	\
 			  m4/REQUIRE_HEADER.m4	\
 			  m4/version.m4
 
 DISTCLEANFILES		= config.status
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in		\
 			  aclocal.m4		\
 			  config.guess		\
 			  config.sub		\
 			  configure		\
 			  depcomp		\
 			  install-sh		\
 			  ltmain.sh		\
 			  missing		\
 			  py-compile		\
 			  test-driver
 
 # Don't try to install files outside build directory for "make distcheck".
 AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS	= --prefix="$$dc_install_base/usr"			\
 				  --sysconfdir="$$dc_install_base/etc"			\
 				  --with-initdir="$$dc_install_base/etc/init.d"		\
 				  --with-ocfdir="$$dc_install_base/usr/lib/ocf"		\
 				  --with-systemdsystemunitdir="$$dc_install_base$(systemdsystemunitdir)"
 
-# Only these will get installed with a plain "make install"
-CORE_INSTALL	= replace include lib daemons tools xml po python
-
-# Only these will get built with a plain "make" or "make clean"
-CORE		= $(CORE_INSTALL) cts rpm
+# Only these will get built with a plain "make"
+CORE	= replace include lib daemons tools xml po python cts rpm
 
 SUBDIRS	= $(CORE) devel doc etc extra maint tests
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS		= -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 doc_DATA = README.markdown COPYING
 
 licensedir              = $(docdir)/licenses/
 dist_license_DATA	= $(wildcard licenses/*)
 
 # Directories that should be created on install and removed on uninstall
 ## owned by root:haclient, mode 0750
 ROOT_DIRS	= $(PACEMAKER_CONFIG_DIR)
 ## owned by hacluster:haclient, mode 0750
 DAEMON_R_DIRS	= $(CRM_CONFIG_DIR)	\
 		  $(CRM_CORE_DIR)	\
 		  $(CRM_BLACKBOX_DIR)
 ## owned by hacluster:haclient, mode 0770
 DAEMON_RW_DIRS	= $(CRM_BUNDLE_DIR)	\
 		  $(CRM_LOG_DIR)
 
 core:
 	@echo "Building only core components and tests: $(CORE)"
 	@for subdir in $(CORE); do \
 		echo "Building $$subdir"; \
 		$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir all || exit 1; \
 	done
 
-core-install:
-	@echo "Installing only core components: $(CORE_INSTALL)"
-	@for subdir in $(CORE_INSTALL); do \
-	    echo "Installing $$subdir"; \
-	    $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir install || exit 1; \
-	done
-
 core-clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning only core components and tests: $(CORE)"
 	@for subdir in $(CORE); do \
 		echo "Cleaning $$subdir"; \
 		$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $$subdir clean || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 install-exec-local:
 	for DIR in $(ROOT_DIRS) $(DAEMON_R_DIRS); do				\
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 750 "$(DESTDIR)/$$DIR";			\
 	done
 	for DIR in $(DAEMON_RW_DIRS); do					\
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 770 "$(DESTDIR)/$$DIR";			\
 	done
 	-for DIR in $(ROOT_DIRS); do						\
 		chgrp $(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) "$(DESTDIR)/$$DIR";			\
 	done
 	-for DIR in $(DAEMON_R_DIRS) $(DAEMON_RW_DIRS); do			 \
 		chown $(CRM_DAEMON_USER):$(CRM_DAEMON_GROUP) "$(DESTDIR)/$$DIR"; \
 	done
 
 # Remove created directories only if they're empty
 uninstall-hook:
 	-for DIR in $(ROOT_DIRS) $(DAEMON_R_DIRS) $(DAEMON_RW_DIRS); do	\
 		rmdir "$(DESTDIR)/$$DIR";				\
 	done
 
 clean-generic:
 	-rm -f *.tar.bz2 *.sed
 
 PACKAGE         ?= pacemaker
 
 clean-local:
 	-rm -f $(builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-*.tar.gz
 
 distclean-local:
 	-rm -rf libltdl autom4te.cache