diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 19acffb5e..ea6758a42 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ if [ "x$1" = "xam" ] ; then
     run_versioned automake "$VERSION" -a -c --foreign
     ./config.status
 else 
-    set -ex
-
     rm -rf autom4te.cache
     rm -f config.cache