--- Makefile.in.orig	2021-01-01 16:32:52 UTC
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
 top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-SUBDIRS = lib po gl src examples tests doc gltests
+SUBDIRS = po gl src examples tests doc gltests # lib
 EXTRA_DIST = cfg.mk maint.mk .clcopying
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc --disable-obsolete --with-gssapi-impl=no