svn rm is not needed
diff --git a/asn1c/tests/Makefile.am b/asn1c/tests/Makefile.am
index d6be48b..f24cec0 100644
--- a/asn1c/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/asn1c/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,4 @@
 	data-119		\
 	data-126
 
-dist-hook:
-	rm -rf `find $(distdir) -name .svn`
-
 CLEANFILES = test-*
diff --git a/asn1c/tests/Makefile.in b/asn1c/tests/Makefile.in
index 816c054..f7bfdb5 100644
--- a/asn1c/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/asn1c/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@
 	uninstall uninstall-am uninstall-info-am
 
 
-dist-hook:
-	rm -rf `find $(distdir) -name .svn`
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: