diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ae59bd6..7d6aaf8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
-
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = sam7
 
@@ -22,6 +20,5 @@ endif
 noinst_HEADERS = io.h samba.h cmd.h loader128_data.h loader256_data.h 
 
 EXTRA_DIST = driver/Makefile driver/at91.c \
-	io_win32.c io_posix.c io_iokit.c io_libusb.c\
 	loader/Makefile loader/at91.h loader/bin2c.c loader/crt0.S \
-	loader/loader.c loader/loader.lds
\ No newline at end of file
+	loader/loader.c loader/loader.lds
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.ac
similarity index 93%
rename from configure.in
rename to configure.ac
index 4a5a8b3..e16b1ed 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 AC_INIT([sam7utils], [0.2.1], [konkers@konkers.net])
 
-AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(sam7utils,0.2.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
-
 AC_PROG_CC 
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET