diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 55c485c..8501c02 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -124,14 +124,7 @@ if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $IS_W32API)
 # Look for available libs
 our @libdirs = qw
 {
-  -L/usr/lib
-  -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
-  -L/usr/X11R6/lib
-  -L/opt/X11/lib
-  -L/usr/local/lib
-  -L/usr/openwin/lib
-  -L/opt/csw/lib
-  -L/usr/local/freeglut/lib
+  @@libpaths@@
 };
 
 our @check_libs = qw
@@ -764,7 +759,6 @@ sub get_extensions
   my $exc_file = 'gl_exclude.h';
   unlink($exc_file) if (-e $exc_file);
   my $glv_file = 'utils/glversion.txt';
-  unlink($glv_file) if (-e $glv_file);
 
   # Only run the rest if GLUT is installed
   print "Testing GLUT version\n" if ($verbose);
@@ -817,7 +811,7 @@ sub get_extensions
     $make_ver = ";make -f Makefile " .  (length($lib) ? "GLUT_LIB=$lib " : "") . (length($def) ? "GLUT_DEF=$def " : "");
     print "glversion: '$make_ver'\n" if $verbose>1;
   }
-  my $exec = 'cd utils'."$make_ver clean".$make_ver;
+  my $exec = 'cd utils'.$make_ver;
   print "glversion: $exec\n" if ($verbose);
   my $stat = `$exec`;
   print "\n$stat\n\n" if ($verbose);
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index 910dcaf..1b1ac57 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ EXTRALIBS=-lGLU -lXi -lXmu -lXext -lX11 -lm
 all: glversion.txt
 
 glversion.txt: glversion
-	./glversion > glversion.txt
+	echo "skipping build of glversion.txt"
 
 glversion: glversion.o
 	${LINK} glversion.o ${LDFLAGS} ${EXTRALIBS} -o glversion
 	chmod u+x glversion
 
 clean:
-	rm -f glversion.txt
 	rm -f glversion
 	rm -f glversion.o