diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2240566a3..29edb6cb6 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -6,67 +6,10 @@ srcdir=`dirname $0`
 test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
 
 cd "$srcdir"
-DIE=0
-
-(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-	echo
-	echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $package."
-	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-	DIE=1
-}
-
-(automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-	echo
-	echo "You must have automake installed to compile $package."
-	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-	DIE=1
-}
-
-(libtool --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-	echo
-	echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $package."
-	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-	DIE=1
-}
-
-#(gettext --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-#	echo
-#	echo "You must have gettext installed to compile $package."
-#	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-#	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-#	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-#	DIE=1
-#}
-
-if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e acinclude.m4 ]; then
-	for i in .. ../.. ../../..; do
-		if [ -e `pwd`/$i/acinclude.m4 ]; then
-			ln -s `pwd`/$i/acinclude.m4 .
-		fi
-	done
-fi
-
 echo "Generating configuration files for $package, please wait...."
 
-echo "  aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
-aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-echo "  libtoolize --automake"
-libtoolize --automake
-#echo "  gettextize"
-#gettextize
-echo "  autoconf"
-autoconf
-echo "  autoheader"
-autoheader
-echo "  automake --add-missing"
-automake --add-missing 
+aclocal --force
+libtoolize --force
+autoconf --force
+autoheader  --force
+automake --add-missing --force-missing --foreign