diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ca22f25..4b41cfa 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ SUBDIRS = iniparser3.0b
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(FT2_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(ICU_CPPFLAGS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(shell mapnik-config --cflags)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = render_old render_expired render_list speedtest render_old renderd convert_meta
 
 renderddir = $(sysconfdir)
 renderd_SOURCES = protocol.h store.c daemon.h daemon.c daemon_compat.c gen_tile.h gen_tile.cpp dir_utils.c sys_utils.c sys_utils.h render_config.h dir_utils.h store.h iniparser3.0b/libiniparser.la
-renderd_LDADD = $(FT2_LIBS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(MAPNIK_LDFLAGS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(ICU_LDFLAGS) -Liniparser3.0b/.libs -liniparser
+renderd_LDFLAGS = $(shell mapnik-config --ldflags --libs --dep-libs)
+renderd_LDADD = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -Liniparser3.0b/.libs -liniparser
 renderd_DATA = renderd.conf
 speedtest_SOURCES = render_config.h protocol.h dir_utils.c dir_utils.h speedtest.cpp
 render_list_SOURCES = render_config.h protocol.h dir_utils.c dir_utils.h render_list.c sys_utils.c sys_utils.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b87403c..3c04c7c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,14 +32,11 @@ AC_TYPE_UINT64_T
 AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 
-AC_CHECK_FT2
 AX_PTHREAD(,[AC_MSG_ERROR([no])])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(inet_ntoa, nsl)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, resolv nsl)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pow,m)
-AX_BOOST_BASE
-AC_CHECK_ICU(4.2)
 AX_LIB_MAPNIK
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([bzero gethostbyname gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkdir pow select socket strchr strdup strerror strrchr strstr strtol strtoul utime],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([One of the required functions was not found])])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([daemon getloadavg],[],[])