diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 7f8ead3..e5540df 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 set -x
 
-## aclocal warns way too much!
-aclocal-1.8 2>&1 | grep -v '.usr.share.aclocal.' 
-# -I config
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.lite configure.in
+rm -f config.cache
+rm -f acconfig.h
+aclocal -I m4
 autoheader
-automake-1.8 --add-missing --copy
-#automake
 autoconf
+./configure --quiet
+
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in.automake
similarity index 100%
rename from configure.in
rename to configure.in.automake
diff --git a/configure.in.lite b/configure.in.lite
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9b498e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.in.lite
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+AC_INIT([Stasis],[0.1],[sears@cs.berkeley.edu])
+#AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE() #hello,0.1)
+#AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects]) # @todo use subdir-objects once transition to libtool is done.
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+#AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CPP
+#AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_LN_S
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+## Need AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+#AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_AWK
+AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_PROG_YACC
+AC_PROG_LEX
+# Checks for libraries.
+
+# For SWIG & Python
+# AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+#AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.3)
+AC_PROG_SWIG(1.3)
+SWIG_ENABLE_CXX
+SWIG_PYTHON
+
+# Linux has a broken O_DIRECT flag, but we allow people to override it from
+# the command line.
+test_host_prw=yes
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for open/O_DIRECT], db_cv_open_o_direct, [
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>]], [[
+	open("a", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECT, 0);
+]])],[db_cv_open_o_direct=yes; test_host_prw=no],[db_cv_open_o_direct=no])])
+if test "$test_host_prw" = "no" -a "$db_cv_open_o_direct" = "yes"; then
+	case "$host_os" in
+	linux*)
+		db_cv_open_o_direct=no;
+		AC_MSG_WARN(
+		    [O_DIRECT interface ignored on $host_os-$host_vendor.]);;
+	esac
+fi
+if test "$db_cv_open_o_direct" = "yes"; then
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_O_DIRECT)
+	AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_O_DIRECT, [Define to 1 if you have the O_DIRECT flag.])
+fi
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([check], [suite_create])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([check], [suite_create], 
+	     have_libcheck=yes,
+	     have_libcheck=no)
+
+#if test x$have_libcheck = xyes ; then
+##AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBCHECK, true)
+#else 
+##AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBCHECK, false)
+#AC_MSG_WARN([Check not found; cannot run unit tests!])
+#fi
+
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [sqrt])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_create])
+
+
+AC_CONFIG_DB
+
+#AM_CONDITIONAL(DB_ENABLED, test $DB_ENABLED = 1)
+
+if test x$build_benchmarks = xyes ; then 
+if test $DB_ENABLED = 0; then 
+AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find Berkeley DB; some benchmarks will not be built])
+fi
+fi
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB([intl], [bindtextdomain])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [bindtextdomain])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_HEADER_DIRENT
+AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h memory.h netdb.h netinet/in.h stddef.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h strings.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h syslog.h unistd.h errno.h])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_C_CONST
+AC_C_INLINE
+#AC_TYPE_INT64_T
+#AC_TYPE_UINT64_T
+AC_TYPE_OFF_T
+AC_TYPE_PID_T
+AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+#AC_TYPE_SSIZE_T
+AC_HEADER_TIME
+AC_STRUCT_TM
+
+#enable largefile support.
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE
+## Assume we have these, and that they work.
+## (otherwise, bad stuff happens sometimes)
+#AC_FUNC_MALLOC
+#AC_FUNC_REALLOC
+
+AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
+AC_FUNC_STAT
+AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([bzero fdatasync floor ftruncate getcwd gettimeofday inet_ntoa localtime_r memmove memset mkdir posix_memalign pow powl socket sqrt strchr strdup strerror strrchr strstr strtol strtoul sync_file_range tcase_set_timeout])
+
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/reconf b/reconf
index a6505e9..e527363 100755
--- a/reconf
+++ b/reconf
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 qq(
 
 #!/bin/sh
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
 aclocal -I m4
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ exit
 qq(
 
 #!/bin/sh
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
 aclocal-1.8 -I m4
@@ -43,6 +47,30 @@ exit
 
 );
 #
+# The following uses system defaults, but no longer depends on libtool or automake.
+# It is the recommended approach.
+#
+qq(
+#!/bin/sh
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.lite configure.in
+rm -f config.cache
+rm -f acconfig.h
+aclocal -I m4
+autoconf
+autoheader
+);
+#
+
+warn qq(
+This script is obsolete; stasis no longer requires automake or libtool.
+
+To build with cmake, run:
+
+ ./bootstrap
+ mkdir build ; cd build ; cmake ..
+ make -j4
+);
 
 my $aclocal_base = `which aclocal` || die "aclocal not found!";
 my $automake_base = `which automake` || die "automake not found!";
@@ -92,4 +120,8 @@ Proceeding with system's default automake.  Expect trouble.
    $ENV{ACLOCAL} = "$aclocal_base-$version";
    $ENV{AUTOMAKE} = "$automake_base-$version";
 }
+
+system("rm configure.in");
+system("ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in");
+
 system ("autoreconf -i", @ARGV);
diff --git a/reconf-1.8 b/reconf-1.8
index f66cacd..d4aa6bb 100755
--- a/reconf-1.8
+++ b/reconf-1.8
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo WARNING: This script is obsolete, but sometimes works when reconf does not.
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
 aclocal-1.8 -I m4
diff --git a/reconf-1.9 b/reconf-1.9
index 2f1858f..27ae4cb 100755
--- a/reconf-1.9
+++ b/reconf-1.9
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo WARNING: This script is obsolete, but sometimes works when reconf does not.
+rm configure.in
+ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
 aclocal-1.9 -I m4