diff --git a/cf/roken-frag.m4 b/cf/roken-frag.m4
index 0001b9211..12d3a5ffa 100644
--- a/cf/roken-frag.m4
+++ b/cf/roken-frag.m4
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AWK])
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_OBJEXT])
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_EXEEXT])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
+AC_REQUIRE([LT_INIT])
 
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_MIPS_ABI])
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 945c61420..3b8dd5f01 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([cf])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.11])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
+LT_PREREQ([2.2])
+LT_INIT([shared static win32-dll])
+
+
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CPP
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
@@ -55,9 +58,6 @@ libdir="$libdir$abilibdirext"
 
 AC_C___ATTRIBUTE__
 
-LT_PREREQ([2.2])
-LT_INIT([shared static win32-dll])
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_SHARED, test "$enable_shared" = "yes")
 rk_VERSIONSCRIPT