diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index b6961f9c4..70243a96f 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,78 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Run this to set up the build system: configure, makefiles, etc.
-# (based on the version in enlightenment's cvs)
 
-package="mkvtoolnix"
-
-olddir=`pwd`
-srcdir=`dirname $0`
-test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
-
-cd "$srcdir"
-DIE=0
-
-(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-  echo
-  echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $package."
-  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-  echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-  DIE=1
-}
-
-(autoheader --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-  echo
-  echo "You must have autoheader installed to compile $package."
-  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-  echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-  DIE=1
-}
-
-# (automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-#   echo
-#   echo "You must have automake installed to compile $package."
-#   echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-#   echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-#   echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-#   DIE=1
-# }
-
-# (libtool --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-#   echo
-#   echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $package."
-#   echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-#   echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-#   echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-#   DIE=1
-# }
-
-if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
-        exit 1
-fi
-
-export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1
-AUTOCONFVER=`autoconf --version | head -n 1 | sed 's;[^0-9\.];;g'`
-case $AUTOCONFVER in
-  2.1*)
-    echo autoconf 2.5 or later is required to build mkvtoolnix.
-    echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-    echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-echo "Generating configuration files for $package, please wait...."
-
-rm -f config.h config.h.in stamp-h1 &> /dev/null
-
-#echo "  aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS" && aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-echo "  autoheader" && autoheader
-#echo "  libtoolize --automake" && libtoolize --automake
-echo "  autoconf" && autoconf
-# Ignore automake errors. We need config.sub and config.guess
-# which are copied by automake, but we don't use automake for
-# managing Makefiles.
-echo "  automake --add-missing --copy" && automake --add-missing --copy 2> /dev/null
-
-echo
-echo "You can run './configure' followed by 'rake' now."
-cd $olddir
+exec autoreconf -fi