diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 9cacd7671..ebd2b814e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,123 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Run this to set up the build system: configure, makefiles, etc.
-# (at one point this was based on the version in enlightenment's cvs)
 
-package="mpd"
-
-olddir="`pwd`"
-srcdir="`dirname $0`"
-test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
-cd "$srcdir"
-DIE=
-AM_VERSIONGREP="sed -e s/.*[^0-9\.]\([0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/"
-AC_VERSIONGREP="sed -e s/.*[^0-9\.]\([0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/"
-VERSIONMKINT="sed -e s/[^0-9]//"
-if test -n "$AM_FORCE_VERSION"
-then
-	AM_VERSIONS="$AM_FORCE_VERSION"
-else
-	AM_VERSIONS='1.11'
-fi
-if test -n "$AC_FORCE_VERSION"
-then
-	AC_VERSIONS="$AC_FORCE_VERSION"
-else
-	AC_VERSIONS='2.60 2.61'
-fi
-
-versioned_bins ()
-{
-	bin="$1"
-	needed_int=`echo $VERNEEDED | $VERSIONMKINT`
-	for i in $VERSIONS
-	do
-		i_int=`echo $i | $VERSIONMKINT`
-		if test $i_int -ge $needed_int
-		then
-			echo $bin-$i $bin$i $bin-$i_int $bin$i_int
-		fi
-	done
-	echo $bin
-}
-
-for c in autoconf autoheader automake aclocal
-do
-	uc=`echo $c | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`
-	eval "val=`echo '$'$uc`"
-	if test -n "$val"
-	then
-		echo "$uc=$val in environment, will not attempt to auto-detect"
-		continue
-	fi
-
-	case "$c" in
-	autoconf|autoheader)
-		VERNEEDED=`fgrep AC_PREREQ configure.ac | $AC_VERSIONGREP`
-		VERSIONS="$AC_VERSIONS"
-		pkg=autoconf
-		;;
-	automake|aclocal)
-		VERNEEDED=`fgrep AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS Makefile.am | $AM_VERSIONGREP`
-		VERSIONS="$AM_VERSIONS"
-		pkg=automake
-		;;
-	esac
-	printf "checking for $c ... "
-	for x in `versioned_bins $c`; do
-		($x --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1) > /dev/null 2>&1
-		if test $? -eq 0
-		then
-			echo $x
-			eval $uc=$x
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-	eval "val=`echo '$'$uc`"
-	if test -z "$val"
-	then
-		if test $c = $pkg
-		then
-			DIE="$DIE $c=$VERNEEDED"
-		else
-			DIE="$DIE $c($pkg)=$VERNEEDED"
-		fi
-	fi
-done
-
-if test -n "$DIE"
-then
-	echo "You must have the following installed to compile $package:"
-	for i in $DIE
-	do
-		printf '  '
-		echo $i | sed -e 's/(/ (from /' -e 's/=\(.*\)/ (>= \1)/'
-	done
-	echo "Download the appropriate package(s) for your system,"
-	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-        exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Generating configuration files for $package, please wait...."
-
-ACLOCAL_FLAGS="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS -I m4"
+set -e
 
 rm -rf config.cache build
 mkdir build
 
-echo "  $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
-$ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit 1
-
-echo "  $AUTOHEADER"
-$AUTOHEADER || exit 1
-
-echo "  $AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS"
-$AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS || exit 1
-
-echo "  $AUTOCONF"
-$AUTOCONF || exit 1
-
-cd "$olddir"
-if test x$NOCONFIGURE = x; then
-	"$srcdir"/configure "$@" || exit 1
-fi
+aclocal -I m4
+autoheader
+automake --add-missing --foreign
+autoconf