diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fab7ad3a..6d4fc67f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-19  Nitin A Kamble  <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Remove deprecated AM_C_PROTOTYPES (no more
+	supported in automake 1.12).
+
 2012-05-18  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* src/useradd.c: Keep the default file as much as possible to
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c7ef3bfa..b41d70df 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_YACC
-AM_C_PROTOTYPES
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.