--- Makefile.in.orig	2022-06-20 15:57:22 UTC
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 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 gltests
+SUBDIRS = po gl src examples tests doc gltests # lib
 
 # git-version-gen
 EXTRA_DIST = cfg.mk maint.mk build-aux/git2cl m4/gnulib-cache.m4 \