diff --git a/m4/slibtool.m4 b/m4/slibtool.m4
index d2dd266..29bfb8d 100644
--- a/m4/slibtool.m4
+++ b/m4/slibtool.m4
@@ -538,25 +538,6 @@ AC_PROG_F77
 # --------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([SLIBTOOL_PREREQ],[
 
-AC_REQUIRE([LT_DEVAL])
-
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CPP])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXXCPP])
-
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AWK])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LEX])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_SED])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_YACC])
-
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AR])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_NM])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_RANLIB])
-
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LN_S])
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])
-
 AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_LEX
 AC_PROG_SED