--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBTORRENT_INTERFACE_VERSION_NO
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.9.6)
 
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
--- a/scripts/checks.m4
+++ b/scripts/checks.m4
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_CHECK_KQUEUE], [
 AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_CHECK_KQUEUE_SOCKET_ONLY], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether kqueue supports pipes and ptys)
 
-  AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
       #include <fcntl.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <unistd.h>
--- a/scripts/common.m4
+++ b/scripts/common.m4
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ dnl   Need to fix this so that it uses t
 AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_CHECK_EXECINFO], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for execinfo.h)
 
-  AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
       #include <execinfo.h>
       int main() { backtrace((void**)0, 0); backtrace_symbols((char**)0, 0); return 0;}
       ])],
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_CHECK_EXECINFO], [
 AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_CHECK_ALIGNED], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(the byte alignment)
 
-  AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
       #include <inttypes.h>
       int main() {
         char buf@<:@8@:>@ = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 };
