--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9454,21 +9454,6 @@
 shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
 version_type=none
 dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
-  else
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
-  fi
-else
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-fi
 need_lib_prefix=unknown
 hardcode_into_libs=no
 
@@ -9816,12 +9801,6 @@
   # before this can be enabled.
   hardcode_into_libs=yes
 
-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
-  fi
-
   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
@@ -13364,21 +13343,6 @@
 shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
 version_type=none
 dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
-  else
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
-  fi
-else
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-fi
 need_lib_prefix=unknown
 hardcode_into_libs=no
 
@@ -13726,12 +13690,6 @@
   # before this can be enabled.
   hardcode_into_libs=yes
 
-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
-  fi
-
   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
@@ -15936,21 +15894,6 @@
 shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
 version_type=none
 dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
-  else
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
-  fi
-else
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-fi
 need_lib_prefix=unknown
 hardcode_into_libs=no
 
@@ -16298,12 +16241,6 @@
   # before this can be enabled.
   hardcode_into_libs=yes
 
-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
-  fi
-
   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
@@ -18515,21 +18452,6 @@
 shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
 version_type=none
 dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
-  else
-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
-  fi
-else
-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
-fi
 need_lib_prefix=unknown
 hardcode_into_libs=no
 
@@ -18877,12 +18799,6 @@
   # before this can be enabled.
   hardcode_into_libs=yes
 
-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
-  fi
-
   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
@@ -22026,14 +21942,14 @@
 
 
   if test -n "$LIBPNG12_CONFIG"; then
-    libpng_CPPFLAGS=`libpng12-config --cflags`
+    libpng_CPPFLAGS=`$LIBPNG12_CONFIG --cflags`
     # should be --ldopts, but it's currently broken
-    libpng_LDFLAGS=`libpng12-config --ldflags`
+    libpng_LDFLAGS=`$LIBPNG12_CONFIG --ldflags`
     libpng_LDFLAGS=`echo " $libpng_LDFLAGS" | sed 's/ -l[^ ][^ ]*//g'`
   elif test -n "$LIBPNG_CONFIG"; then
-    libpng_CPPFLAGS=`libpng-config --cflags`
+    libpng_CPPFLAGS=`$LIBPNG_CONFIG --cflags`
     # should be --ldopts, but it's currently broken
-    libpng_LDFLAGS=`libpng-config --ldflags`
+    libpng_LDFLAGS=`$LIBPNG_CONFIG --ldflags`
     libpng_LDFLAGS=`echo " $libpng_LDFLAGS" | sed 's/ -l[^ ][^ ]*//g'`
   elif test -d "$withval"; then
     libpng_CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([errno.h limits.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h unistd.h])
 
-AM_ICONV
+m4_pattern_allow([AM_ICONV])
 # if test -n "$LIBICONV" ; then
 #   LIBS="$LIBS $LIBICONV"
 # fi