--- configure.ac.orig	2016-12-30 12:57:26.843081999 -0500
+++ configure.ac	2016-12-30 12:58:11.963460565 -0500
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
 
 # AC_PROG_INTLTOOL, no, not today.  Mac compilation problems, no perl/ XML or something.
 # BL says Lets do some testing and use old style if needed
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([which libtool initialization strategy to adopt])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([m4_ifset([LT_INIT],[LT-INIT],[AC-PROG-LIBTOOL])])
-m4_ifset([LT_INIT],
-[LT_INIT],
-[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
+# AC_MSG_CHECKING([which libtool initialization strategy to adopt])
+# AC_MSG_RESULT([m4_ifset([LT_INIT],[LT-INIT],[AC-PROG-LIBTOOL])])
+# m4_ifset([LT_INIT],
+# [LT_INIT],
+# [AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
 
 GNOME_COMPILE_WARNINGS
 GNOME_CXX_WARNINGS
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 AM_WITH_GUILE(, [echo optional guile\?],,)
 if test x$coot_guile = xtrue ; then
    GUILE_FLAGS
-   AM_GUILE_LIB
+   # AM_GUILE_LIB
    # guile-gui depends on a gui interface being present.  If it is, force check for guile-gui
    if test x$with_guile_gtk != x ; then
       AM_GUILE_GUI