diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index dcb9fd0fe..34c7c28a7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ recipienteditortest_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries)
 
 kmailIface_DCOPIDLNG = true
 kmailicalIface_DCOPIDLNG = true
-# we need to use our own copy, since kmailicalIface needs post 3.3 fixes in it
-# TODO: remove once we rely on kdelibs 3.4
-DCOPIDLNG=$(top_srcdir)/dcopidlng/dcopidlng
 
 korganizeriface_DIR = $(top_srcdir)/korganizer