diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 715d4aa3d1..20e4dfd711 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = README INSTALL VERSION Doxyfile LICENSE autogen.pl autogen.sh \
 include examples/Makefile.include
 
 dist-hook:
-	csh "$(top_srcdir)/config/distscript.csh" "$(top_srcdir)" "$(distdir)" "$(OMPI_VERSION)" "$(OMPI_SVN_R)"
+	env LS_COLORS= csh "$(top_srcdir)/config/distscript.csh" "$(top_srcdir)" "$(distdir)" "$(OMPI_VERSION)" "$(OMPI_SVN_R)"
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
diff --git a/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc172/hwloc/Makefile.am b/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc172/hwloc/Makefile.am
index 57a18a7e13..659299b6fd 100644
--- a/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc172/hwloc/Makefile.am
+++ b/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc172/hwloc/Makefile.am
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if !HWLOC_BUILD_README
 dist-hook: cannot-dist
 else
 dist-hook:
-	csh "$(top_srcdir)/config/distscript.csh" "$(top_srcdir)" "$(distdir)" "$(HWLOC_VERSION)" "$(HWLOC_SVN_R)"
+	env LS_COLORS= csh "$(top_srcdir)/config/distscript.csh" "$(top_srcdir)" "$(distdir)" "$(HWLOC_VERSION)" "$(HWLOC_SVN_R)"
 endif HWLOC_BUILD_README
 endif HWLOC_BUILD_DOXYGEN
 endif HWLOC_BUILD_STANDALONE