diff --git a/lib-src/libsndfile/configure b/lib-src/libsndfile/configure
index fd054d8fd..ac642abc9 100755
--- a/lib-src/libsndfile/configure
+++ b/lib-src/libsndfile/configure
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
   --enable-silent-rules          less verbose build output (undo: `make V=1')
   --disable-silent-rules         verbose build output (undo: `make V=0')
-  --disable-maintainer-mode  disable make rules and dependencies not useful
+  --enable-maintainer-mode  enable make rules and dependencies not useful
 			  (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
   --disable-dependency-tracking  speeds up one-time build
   --enable-dependency-tracking   do not reject slow dependency extractors
@@ -3369,13 +3369,13 @@ AM_BACKSLASH='\'
 
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to disable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether to disable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... " >&6; }
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... " >&6; }
     # Check whether --enable-maintainer-mode was given.
 if test "${enable_maintainer_mode+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_maintainer_mode; USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval
 else
-  USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=yes
+  USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=no
 fi
 
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE" >&5
diff --git a/lib-src/libsndfile/configure.ac b/lib-src/libsndfile/configure.ac
index 592ca6ceb..18b0c9365 100644
--- a/lib-src/libsndfile/configure.ac
+++ b/lib-src/libsndfile/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 dnl Audacity policy: don't enable automatic rebuild of configure et al if 
 dnl sources change
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl Add parameters for aclocal
 AC_SUBST(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, "-I M4")