diff --git a/m4/geany-i18n.m4 b/m4/geany-i18n.m4
index 2a09ceea..71139dd6 100644
--- a/m4/geany-i18n.m4
+++ b/m4/geany-i18n.m4
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GEANY_I18N],
 	AC_SUBST([GETTEXT_PACKAGE])
 	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], ["$GETTEXT_PACKAGE"], [Gettext package.])
 
-	if test -n "${LINGUAS}"; then
-		ALL_LINGUAS="${LINGUAS}"
-	else
-		ALL_LINGUAS=`cd "$srcdir/po" 2>/dev/null && ls *.po 2>/dev/null | $AWK 'BEGIN { FS="."; ORS=" " } { print $[]1 }'`
-	fi
+	ALL_LINGUAS=`cd "$srcdir/po" 2>/dev/null && ls *.po 2>/dev/null | $AWK 'BEGIN { FS="."; ORS=" " } { print $[]1 }'`
 
 	AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 	# workaround for intltool bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490845)