diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 6e38094623..35147d205e 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ set -x
 rm -f aclocal.m4 configure config.log config.h config.h.in
 rm -Rf autom4te*.cache
 # remove old autotools extra cruft
-rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs compile depcomp install-sh
+rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs depcomp install-sh
 # remove new autotools extra cruft
 rm -Rf autotools
 mkdir autotools
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ if test -f "ltmain.sh"; then
 fi
 
 # Do the rest
+echo $PATH
+which autopoint
+autopoint --version
+
 ${autopoint} -f
 rm -f po/Makevars.template
 ${aclocal} ${ACLOCAL_ARGS}