diff --git a/lib-src/audacity-patches.txt b/lib-src/audacity-patches.txt
index d69db35cc..62e273d24 100644
--- a/lib-src/audacity-patches.txt
+++ b/lib-src/audacity-patches.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ library to handle Xiph.org's open multimedia container format
 Version in Audacity SVN: 1.3.1
 Patches: autotools.patch: Fix all autotools warnings. configure.in was renamed
                           to configure.ac after applying the patch.
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE has been called with "disable" in configure.ac to disable
+autotools rebuilds by default.
 Upstream Version: 1.3.1
 
 libresample
diff --git a/lib-src/libogg/configure.ac b/lib-src/libogg/configure.ac
index 7f5fede04..1e449a59d 100644
--- a/lib-src/libogg/configure.ac
+++ b/lib-src/libogg/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/framing.c)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
 
 dnl Library versioning