diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 75f0c0993..85287c50f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ uninstall-hook:
 distclean-local:
 	rm -rf Doxyfile doxygen
 	rm -f $(srcdir)/jimtcl/configure.gnu
+# FIXME: workaround for jimtcl 0.80 only. Remove from jimtcl 0.81
+	rm -f jimtcl/examples.api/Makefile
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = doxygen.log
 
diff --git a/jimtcl b/jimtcl
index 0aa0fb4e3..fb923fab4 160000
--- a/jimtcl
+++ b/jimtcl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0aa0fb4e3a38d38a49de9eb585d93d63a370dcf6
+Subproject commit fb923fab4f0cf276c336d98692d00df6a943791d