--- configure.ac.org	2023-07-02 20:47:43.779999603 +1000
+++ configure.ac	2023-07-02 20:51:16.317212298 +1000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
 
-AC_PREREQ([2.68])
+AC_PREREQ([2.71])
 
 
 # bgpstream package version
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 m4_define([PKG_MID_VERSION],   [1])
 m4_define([PKG_MINOR_VERSION], [0])
 
-AC_INIT([libbgpstream], PKG_MAJOR_VERSION.PKG_MID_VERSION.PKG_MINOR_VERSION, [bgpstream-info@caida.org])
+AC_INIT([libbgpstream],[PKG_MAJOR_VERSION.PKG_MID_VERSION.PKG_MINOR_VERSION],[bgpstream-info@caida.org])
 
 # libbgpstream shared library version
 # (no relation to pkg version)
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #
 DISABLE_RPATH
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])