1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ac919620e57..5ae191d5fd6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -547,10 +547,9 @@ relock:
         (cd src; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) relock)
 
 TAGS tags:      lib-src src
-        export EMACSDIR; EMACSDIR=`pwd`/src; \
-        export EMACS;  EMACS=`pwd`/src/emacs; \
-        cd ${srcdir}/src; \
-        $(MAKE) tags -f $$EMACSDIR/Makefile
+        # The src subdir knows how to do the right thing
+        # even when the build directory and source dir are different.
+        cd src; $(MAKE) tags
 
 check:
         @echo "We don't have any tests for GNU Emacs yet."