diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+LT_INIT
 
 dnl Try to detect/use GNU features
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(acos, , AC_CHECK_LIB(m, acos))
 
 
-dnl add pic flag in any case this makes sure all our code is relocatable
-eval `./libtool --config | grep pic_flag=` 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $pic_flag"
 
 
 dnl Checks for library functions.
