diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index d806e515..098e97a9 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ subdir = po
 
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
-MKINSTALLDIRS = $(top_srcdir)/@MKINSTALLDIRS@
 
 CC = @CC@
 GENCAT = @GENCAT@
 GMSGFMT = @GMSGFMT@
 MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
+MSGFMT_OPTS = @MSGFMT_OPTS@
 XGETTEXT = @XGETTEXT@
 MSGMERGE = msgmerge
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ INSTOBJEXT = @INSTOBJEXT@
 
 .po.gmo:
 	file=$(srcdir)/`echo $* | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
-	  && rm -f $$file && $(GMSGFMT) -c -o $$file $<
+	  && rm -f $$file && $(GMSGFMT) $(MSGFMT_OPTS) -o $$file $<
 
 .po.cat:
 	sed -f ../intl/po2msg.sed < $< > $*.msg \
@@ -119,11 +119,7 @@ install-exec:
 install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
 install-data-no: all
 install-data-yes: all
-	if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	  $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
-	else \
-	  $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
-	fi
+	@mkdir_p@ $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
@@ -133,11 +129,7 @@ install-data-yes: all
 	  esac; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed 's/\$(CATOBJEXT)$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(DESTDIR)$$destdir/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $$dir; \
-	  else \
-	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $$dir; \
-	  fi; \
+	  @mkdir_p@ $$dir; \
 	  if test -r $$cat; then \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$cat $$dir/$(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)$(INSTOBJEXT); \
 	    echo "installing $$cat as $$dir/$(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)$(INSTOBJEXT)"; \
@@ -161,11 +153,7 @@ install-data-yes: all
 	  fi; \
 	done
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "glib"; then \
-	  if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
-	  else \
-	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
-	  fi; \
+	  @mkdir_p@ $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Makefile.in.in \
 			  $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir)/Makefile.in.in; \
 	else \