diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 84cdb5e687..3da120d635 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 ## make sure rebuilding uses the right aclocal-switches
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-API_SUBDIRS = api lib apps zip
+API_SUBDIRS = api lib zip
 
 if ENABLE_SERVER
-   SERVER_SUBDIRS = db tools test py sched
+   SERVER_SUBDIRS = db tools test py sched apps
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_CLIENT
diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 7eae7b8b8f..418d1301fb 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -23873,7 +23873,12 @@ Rom    2 Feb 2005
 
 Rom    2 Feb 2005
     - Use the same technique to statically link nsl and socket for the client 
-      as the clientgui.
+        as the clientgui.
+    - move the apps directory from the API_SUBDIRS variable to the
+        SERVER_SUBDIRS variable since we really don't need to build the
+        sample applications when all we really want is just the boinc client
+        tools.
 
     /
         configure.ac
+        Makefile.am