diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 97593bfe86..8d95b0d23f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1
+DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1 univalue
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS) $(HARDENED_LDFLAGS)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(HARDENED_CXXFLAGS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(HARDENED_CPPFLAGS)
 
 if EMBEDDED_UNIVALUE
-DIST_SUBDIRS += univalue
-
 LIBUNIVALUE = univalue/libunivalue.la
 
 $(LIBUNIVALUE): $(wildcard univalue/lib/*) $(wildcard univalue/include/*)