diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4e152d1..e46824d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ EXEC_PREFIX 		= @exec_prefix@
 BINDIR 			= @bindir@
 LIBDIR 			= @libdir@
 INCLUDEDIR 		= @includedir@
-SYSLIBDIR 		= @syslibdir@
 MANDIR 			= @mandir@
 DOCDIR 			= @docdir@
 LIBEXECDIR 		= @libexecdir@
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ clean:
 		@echo BINDIR:'                 '$(BINDIR)
 		@echo LIBDIR:'                 '$(LIBDIR)
 		@echo INCLUDEDIR:'             '$(INCLUDEDIR)
-		@echo SYSLIBDIR:'              '$(SYSLIBDIR)
 		@echo MANDIR:'                 '$(MANDIR)
 		@echo DOCDIR:'                 '$(DOCDIR)
 		@echo LIBEXECDIR:'             '$(LIBEXECDIR)
diff --git a/config.usage b/config.usage
index 6437f60..8544fbe 100644
--- a/config.usage
+++ b/config.usage
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ supported switches:
 	--bindir
 	--libdir
 	--includedir
-	--syslibdir
 	--mandir
+	--docdir
 	--libexecdir
 
 	--build
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ supported variables:
 	BINDIR
 	LIBDIR
 	INCLUDEDIR
-	LIBDIR
 	MANDIR
 	DOCDIR
 	LIBEXECDIR
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ca10d90..504bfcb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ init_vars()
 	mb_bindir=$BINDIR
 	mb_libdir=$LIBDIR
 	mb_includedir=$INCLUDEDIR
-	mb_syslibdir=$LIBDIR
 	mb_mandir=$MANDIR
 	mb_docdir=$DOCDIR
 	mb_libexecdir=$LIBEXECDIR
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ common_defaults()
 	[ -z "$mb_bindir" ] 		&& mb_bindir=$mb_exec_prefix/bin
 	[ -z "$mb_libdir" ] 		&& mb_libdir=$mb_exec_prefix/lib
 	[ -z "$mb_includedir" ]		&& mb_includedir=$mb_prefix/include
-	[ -z "$mb_syslibdir" ] 		&& mb_syslibdir=/lib
 	[ -z "$mb_datarootdir" ] 	&& mb_datarootdir=$mb_prefix/share
 	[ -z "$mb_mandir" ] 		&& mb_mandir=$mb_datarootdir/man
 	[ -z "$mb_docdir" ] 		&& mb_docdir=$mb_datarootdir/doc
@@ -342,7 +340,6 @@ config_copy()
 			-e 's^@bindir@^'"$mb_bindir"'^g'				\
 			-e 's^@libdir@^'"$mb_libdir"'^g'				\
 			-e 's^@includedir@^'"$mb_includedir"'^g'			\
-			-e 's^@syslibdir@^'"$mb_syslibdir"'^g'				\
 			-e 's^@mandir@^'"$mb_mandir"'^g'				\
 			-e 's^@docdir@^'"$mb_docdir"'^g'				\
 			-e 's^@libexecdir@^'"$mb_libexecdir"'^g'			\
@@ -406,9 +403,6 @@ for arg ; do
 		--includedir=*)
 			mb_includedir=${arg#*=}
 			;;
-		--syslibdir=*)
-			mb_syslibdir=${arg#*=}
-			;;
 		--mandir=*)
 			mb_mandir=${arg#*=}
 			;;