diff --git a/smmapdfw/configure.ac b/smmapdfw/configure.ac
index b767240..f3d792e 100644
--- a/smmapdfw/configure.ac
+++ b/smmapdfw/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(bdb-lib-dir,
                 yes)
                   ;;
                 *)
-                  BDB_LDFLAGS="-L$withval -rpath $withval"
+                  LDFLAGS="-L$withval -rpath $withval"
                   ;;
             esac ]
 )
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(bdb-inc-dir,
                 yes)
                   ;;
                 *)
-                  BDB_CPPFLAGS="-I$withval"
+                  CPPFLAGS="-I$withval"
                   ;;
             esac ]
 )
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([inet_ntoa memset select socket strchr strdup strerror strrchr st
 
 
 
-AC_SUBST(BDB_LDFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(BDB_CPPFLAGS)
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile libsmmapdfw/Makefile smmapd/Makefile modules/test/Makefile modules/verify/Makefile modules/cyrus/Makefile])
 
 AC_OUTPUT