--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #for autoconf 2.1x start configure script with next three lines
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
-AC_INIT(src/cgoban.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(cgoban, 1.9.14)
+AC_INIT([cgoban], [1.9.14])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/cgoban.c])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([no-define])
 
 #for autoconf 2.5x start configure script with next four lines
 # AC_PREREQ(2.50)
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@
 ######################################################################
 
 export VERSION
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,$VERSION)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,["$VERSION"])
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/games)
 
 dayNum=`echo $date | awk '{ print $1 }'`
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATE,$DATE)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATE_FRENCH,$DATE_FRENCH)
 
+AM_PROG_AR
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -168,7 +170,6 @@
 AC_MINIX
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_EXEEXT
-WMS_GET_CFLAGS
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(configure.h)
 AC_SUBST(LIBS)dnl