--- configure.ac.link	2010-01-31 05:13:16.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.ac	2010-01-31 05:16:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(CURL_CONFIG, curl-config, no)
-if test "$CURL_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR(the curl-config script installed by libcurl could not be found.  libcurl is required.)
-fi
-LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CURL, libcurl)
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
--- src/Makefile.am.link	2007-09-20 14:01:06.000000000 +0200
+++ src/Makefile.am	2010-01-31 05:16:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 localedir =  $(datadir)/locale
 INCLUDES = $(GTK_CFLAGS) -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
 
-bitstormlite_LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(GTK_LIBS) `curl-config --libs`
-bitstormlite_LDADD = $(LIBINTL)
+bitstormlite_LDADD = $(LIBINTL) -lpthread $(GTK_LIBS) $(CURL_LIBS)
 
 bitstormlite_SOURCES = bdict.cpp\
 		BitSet.cpp\