diff --git a/desmume/.cvsignore b/desmume/.cvsignore
index 691a29171..b1a9ededf 100644
--- a/desmume/.cvsignore
+++ b/desmume/.cvsignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ depcomp
 install-sh
 missing
 mkinstalldirs
-intltool-extract*
-intltool-merge*
-intltool-update*
+intltool-extract
+intltool-merge
+intltool-update
 .emacs*
diff --git a/desmume/autogen.sh b/desmume/autogen.sh
index 6a6e5a7b8..c314288d0 100755
--- a/desmume/autogen.sh
+++ b/desmume/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-echo "Running intltoolize"
-intltoolize --copy --force --automake
+# There's an annoying bug in /usr/share/intltool/Makefile.in.in requiring
+# me to modify it after a call to intltoolize. Since i can't seem to figure
+# what's wrong, i'm commenting the call to intltoolize and adding the
+# corresponding files to CVS.
+
+#echo "Running intltoolize"
+#intltoolize --copy --force --automake
 
 autoreconf --install --force --verbose