diff --git a/bindings/java/Makefile.am b/bindings/java/Makefile.am
index 4fe90949734a1e176c690b25c2724e17aac33096..0d5bb7777a3039ef75eb18688a436e090b899575 100644
--- a/bindings/java/Makefile.am
+++ b/bindings/java/Makefile.am
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-Z_PATH=@Z_PATH@
-EWF_PATH=@EWF_PATH@
-ANT_PROPS=
-
 # Compile the sub directories
 SUBDIRS = jni
 
-if X_ZLIB
-  ANT_PROPS+=-Dlib.z.path=$(Z_PATH)
-endif
-
-if X_LIBEWF
-  ANT_PROPS+=-Dlib.ewf.path=$(EWF_PATH)
-endif
-
 tsk_jar = $(top_builddir)/bindings/java/dist/Tsk_DataModel.jar
 jardir = $(prefix)/share/java
 jar_DATA = $(tsk_jar)
@@ -20,7 +8,7 @@ jar_DATA = $(tsk_jar)
 $(tsk_jar):
 
 all-local:
-	ant dist $(ANT_PROPS) -Dcalled.from=all-local
+	ant dist
 
 CLEANFILES = $(tsk_jar)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ba65c1650a0fc9e73fa4ce259f579d60804382f3..b83c92da485bbf70e3c406e3f37246ea46456545 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -178,13 +178,6 @@ AS_IF(
 )
 AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_lib_z_inflate" = "xyes"], [ax_zlib=yes], [ax_zlib=no])
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL([X_ZLIB],[test "x$with_zlib" != "xno" && test "x$with_zlib" != "xyes"])
-AS_IF([test "x$with_zlib" != "xno"],
-   [Z_PATH="${with_zlib}/lib"],
-   [AC_MSG_NOTICE([failed to make Z_PATH])]
-)
-AC_SUBST(Z_PATH, $Z_PATH)
-
 dnl needed for sqllite
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)
 
@@ -215,12 +208,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_libewf" != "xno"],
 )
 AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_lib_ewf_libewf_get_version" = "xyes"], [ax_libewf=yes], [ax_libewf=no])
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL([X_LIBEWF],[test "x$with_libewf" != "xno" && test "x$with_libewf" != "xyes"])
-AS_IF([test "x$with_libewf" != "xno"],
-   [EWF_PATH="${with_libewf}/lib"],
-)
-AC_SUBST(EWF_PATH, $EWF_PATH)
-   
 dnl sqlite requires pthread libraries - this was copied from its configure.ac
 dnl AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pthread_create, pthread)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(dlopen, dl)