--- configure.ac.orig	2018-03-12 08:12:03.000000000 -0700
+++ configure.ac	2018-03-28 15:41:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
 
 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.50.2])
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT macros cannot be used with IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
+dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
+dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
 GETTEXT_PACKAGE=gedit-plugins
 AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)