diff --git a/m4/ax_lib_mapnik.m4 b/m4/ax_lib_mapnik.m4
index dcd2ccb..1fede84 100644
--- a/m4/ax_lib_mapnik.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_lib_mapnik.m4
@@ -71,22 +71,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_LIB_MAPNIK],
         fi
 
         if test ! -x "$MAPNIK_CONFIG"; then
-            # mapnik version < 2.0 did not have mapnik-config, so need to manually figure out the configuration
-            AC_CHECK_HEADER(mapnik/version.hpp,[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([Did not find mapnik])])
-            AC_CHECK_LIB([mapnik],[main],[MAPNIK_LDFLAGS="-lmapnik" found_libmapnik="yes"])
-            AC_CHECK_LIB([mapnik2],[main],[MAPNIK_LDFLAGS="-lmapnik2" found_libmapnik="yes"])
-            if test "$found_libmapnik" = "yes"; then
-                AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mapnik libraries])			
-                AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-            else
-                AC_MSG_ERROR([Did not find usable mapnik library])
-            fi
-        else
             if test "$MAPNIK_CONFIG" != "no"; then
 	            AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mapnik libraries])
 
         	    MAPNIK_CFLAGS="`$MAPNIK_CONFIG --cflags`"
-        	    MAPNIK_LDFLAGS="`$MAPNIK_CONFIG --libs`"
+        	    MAPNIK_LDFLAGS="`$MAPNIK_CONFIG --libs` `$MAPNIK_CONFIG --ldflags` `$MAPNIK_CONFIG --dep-libs`"
         	    MAPNIK_VERSION=`$MAPNIK_CONFIG --version`
 
         	    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MAPNIK], [1],