diff --git a/m4/ccstdc.m4 b/m4/ccstdc.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 727fea1f0..000000000
--- a/m4/ccstdc.m4
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@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-## ----------------------------------------- ##
-## ANSIfy the C compiler whenever possible.  ##
-## From Franc,ois Pinard                     ##
-## ----------------------------------------- ##
-
-# serial 1
-
-# @defmac AC_PROG_CC_STDC
-# @maindex PROG_CC_STDC
-# @ovindex CC
-# If the C compiler in not in ANSI C mode by default, try to add an option
-# to output variable @code{CC} to make it so.  This macro tries various
-# options that select ANSI C on some system or another.  It considers the
-# compiler to be in ANSI C mode if it defines @code{__STDC__} to 1 and
-# handles function prototypes correctly.
-#
-# If you use this macro, you should check after calling it whether the C
-# compiler has been set to accept ANSI C; if not, the shell variable
-# @code{am_cv_prog_cc_stdc} is set to @samp{no}.  If you wrote your source
-# code in ANSI C, you can make an un-ANSIfied copy of it by using the
-# program @code{ansi2knr}, which comes with Ghostscript.
-# @end defmac
-
-AC_DEFUN(AM_PROG_CC_STDC,
-[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ${CC-cc} option to accept ANSI C)
-AC_CACHE_VAL(am_cv_prog_cc_stdc,
-[am_cv_prog_cc_stdc=no
-ac_save_CC="$CC"
-# Don't try gcc -ansi; that turns off useful extensions and
-# breaks some systems' header files.
-# AIX			-qlanglvl=ansi
-# Ultrix and OSF/1	-std1
-# HP-UX			-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE
-# SVR4			-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__
-for ac_arg in "" -qlanglvl=ansi -std1 "-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE" "-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__"
-do
-  CC="$ac_save_CC $ac_arg"
-  AC_TRY_COMPILE(
-[#if !defined(__STDC__) || __STDC__ != 1
-choke me
-#endif
-/* DYNIX/ptx V4.1.3 can't compile sys/stat.h with -Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__. */
-#ifdef _SEQUENT_
-# include <sys/types.h>
-# include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif
-], [
-int test (int i, double x);
-struct s1 {int (*f) (int a);};
-struct s2 {int (*f) (double a);};],
-[am_cv_prog_cc_stdc="$ac_arg"; break])
-done
-CC="$ac_save_CC"
-])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($am_cv_prog_cc_stdc)
-case "x$am_cv_prog_cc_stdc" in
-  x|xno) ;;
-  *) CC="$CC $am_cv_prog_cc_stdc" ;;
-esac
-])
diff --git a/m4/init.m4 b/m4/init.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 8afadf27f..000000000
--- a/m4/init.m4
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Do all the work for Automake.  This macro actually does too much --
-# some checks are only needed if your package does certain things.
-# But this isn't really a big deal.
-
-# serial 1
-
-dnl Usage:
-dnl AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(package,version)
-
-AC_DEFUN(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
-[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_INSTALL])
-PACKAGE=[$1]
-AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE")
-VERSION=[$2]
-AC_SUBST(VERSION)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION, "$VERSION")
-AM_SANITY_CHECK
-AC_ARG_PROGRAM
-AC_PROG_MAKE_SET])