diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b549f2..56cb572 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ if test x$sphinxbase != x && test x$cross_compiling = xyes; then
    CPPFLAGS="-I$sphinxbase/include -I$sphinxbasebuild/include $CPPFLAGS"
    LIBS="$LIBS -lsphinxbase"
    # We include libsphinxbase/.libs because of stupid broken versions of libtool
-   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxad \
-		     -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxbase \
-		     -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxbase/.libs"
 fi
 if test x$sphinxbase != x && test x$cross_compiling != xyes; then
    AC_CHECK_FILE($sphinxbase/include/sphinxbase/prim_type.h,CPPFLAGS="-I$sphinxbase/include $CPPFLAGS",
@@ -131,18 +128,7 @@ if test x$sphinxbase != x && test x$cross_compiling != xyes; then
 SphinxBase.  Run $0 --help for more information.]))
 fi
 # We include libsphinxbase/.libs because of stupid broken versions of libtool
-if test x$sphinxbasebuild != x && test x$cross_compiling != xyes; then
-   AC_CHECK_FILE($sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxbase/libsphinxbase.la,
-[CPPFLAGS="-I$sphinxbasebuild/include $CPPFLAGS"
 LIBS="$LIBS -lsphinxbase"
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxad \
-		  -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxbase \
-		  -L$sphinxbasebuild/src/libsphinxbase/.libs"],
-		   AC_ERROR(
-[SphinxBase libraries were not found in $sphinxbasebuild.
-Use the --with-sphinxbase-build option to `configure' to specify
-the build directory for SphinxBase.  Run $0 --help for more information.]))
-fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(g2p-decoder,
  [  --enable-g2p-decoder  Enable the g2p decoder],