diff --git a/m4/package_acldev.m4 b/m4/package_acldev.m4
index 0cbd19f5..25d60194 100644
--- a/m4/package_acldev.m4
+++ b/m4/package_acldev.m4
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ACLINIT_LIBACL],
         exit 1
     ])
     libacl="-lacl"
-    test -f `pwd`/../acl/libacl/libacl.la && \
-        libacl="`pwd`/../acl/libacl/libacl.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libacl.la && \
 	libacl="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libacl.la"
     AC_SUBST(libacl)
diff --git a/m4/package_attrdev.m4 b/m4/package_attrdev.m4
index 461ddffb..12251ceb 100644
--- a/m4/package_attrdev.m4
+++ b/m4/package_attrdev.m4
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_GETXATTR_LIBATTR],
         exit 1
     ])
     libattr="-lattr"
-    test -f `pwd`/../attr/libattr/libattr.la && \
-        libattr="`pwd`/../attr/libattr/libattr.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libattr.la && \
 	libattr="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libattr.la"
     AC_SUBST(libattr)
@@ -62,8 +60,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRGET_LIBATTR],
         exit 1
     ])
     libattr="-lattr"
-    test -f `pwd`/../attr/libattr/libattr.la && \
-        libattr="`pwd`/../attr/libattr/libattr.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libattr.la && \
 	libattr="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libattr.la"
     AC_SUBST(libattr)
diff --git a/m4/package_dmapidev.m4 b/m4/package_dmapidev.m4
index 652db306..6a7257ee 100644
--- a/m4/package_dmapidev.m4
+++ b/m4/package_dmapidev.m4
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_WANT_DMAPI],
 	echo
     ])
     libdm="-ldm"
-    test -f `pwd`/../dmapi/libdm/libdm.la && \
-        libdm="`pwd`/../dmapi/libdm/libdm.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libdm.la && \
 	libdm="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libdm.la"
     AC_SUBST(libdm)
diff --git a/m4/package_xfslibs.m4 b/m4/package_xfslibs.m4
index f5167a2b..78a3dc47 100644
--- a/m4/package_xfslibs.m4
+++ b/m4/package_xfslibs.m4
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_LIBXFSINIT_LIBXFS],
         exit 1
     ])
     libxfs="-lxfs"
-    test -f `pwd`/../xfsprogs/libxfs/libxfs.la && \
-        libxfs="`pwd`/../xfsprogs/libxfs/libxfs.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libxfs.la && \
 	libxfs="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libxfs.la"
     AC_SUBST(libxfs)
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_OPEN_BY_FSHANDLE],
         exit 1
     ])
     libhdl="-lhandle"
-    test -f `pwd`/../xfsprogs/libhandle/libhandle.la && \
-        libhdl="`pwd`/../xfsprogs/libhandle/libhandle.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libhandle.la && \
 	libhdl="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libhandle.la"
     AC_SUBST(libhdl)
@@ -83,8 +79,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTRLIST_LIBHANDLE],
         exit 1
     ])
     libhdl="-lhandle"
-    test -f `pwd`/../xfsprogs/libhandle/libhandle.la && \
-        libhdl="`pwd`/../xfsprogs/libhandle/libhandle.la"
     test -f ${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libhandle.la && \
 	libhdl="${libexecdir}${libdirsuffix}/libhandle.la"
     AC_SUBST(libhdl)