diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66911b95c..ab6518427 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-17  Robert Larice
+ * configure.ac ,
+ * src/spicelib/devices/Makefile.am :
+    `make dist' improvements for `NDEV'
+
 2010-09-17  Robert Larice
  * Makefile.am ,
  * .cvsignore ,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1cfe416d0..7c559679b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -968,18 +968,15 @@ if test "$enable_ndev" = "yes"; then
     AC_DEFINE(NDEV,[],[The NDEV interface])
     NDEV=""
     NDEV_DIR=" ndev "
-    NOTNDEV_DIR=""
     NDEV_LIB=" spicelib/devices/ndev/libndev.la "
     
 else
     NDEV=""
     NDEV_DIR=""
     NDEV_LIB=""
-    NOTNDEV_DIR="ndev"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(NDEV_DIR)
 AC_SUBST(NDEV_LIB)
-AC_SUBST(NOTNDEV_DIR)
 
 
 dnl Cluster option
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/Makefile.am b/src/spicelib/devices/Makefile.am
index 91780ff99..1f0bc71e0 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/Makefile.am
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = \
 	mos3	\
 	mos6	\
 	mos9	\
-	@NDEV_DIR@ \
+	ndev	\
 	res	\
 	soi3	\
 	sw	\
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ libdev_la_SOURCES =	\
 	cktinit.c	\
 	limit.c
 
-EXTRA_DIST = @NOTNDEV_DIR@ @NOTVLADEVDIR@
+EXTRA_DIST = @NOTVLADEVDIR@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src/spicelib/devices