--- Makefile.in.orig	2024-01-02 17:12:11 UTC
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I lib/m4
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc --with-gssapi-impl=no
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I lib/m4
-SUBDIRS = lib po gl src examples tests doc
+SUBDIRS = po gl src examples tests doc # lib
 
 # git-version-gen
 EXTRA_DIST = cfg.mk maint.mk CONTRIBUTING.md build-aux/git2cl \
