diff --git a/bfd/configure.ac b/bfd/configure.ac
index c5bfbd5d..45ad4c26 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.ac
+++ b/bfd/configure.ac
@@ -278,31 +278,19 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK(linker --as-needed support, bfd_cv_ld_as_needed,
 
 LT_LIB_M
 
-# When building a shared libbfd, link against the pic version of libiberty
-# so that apps that use libbfd won't need libiberty just to satisfy any
-# libbfd references.
-# We can't do that if a pic libiberty is unavailable since including non-pic
-# code would insert text relocations into libbfd.
 SHARED_LIBADD=
-SHARED_LDFLAGS=
+SHARED_LDFLAGS=-liberty
 if test "$enable_shared" = "yes"; then
-changequote(,)dnl
-  x=`sed -n -e 's/^[ 	]*PICFLAG[ 	]*=[ 	]*//p' < ../libiberty/Makefile | sed -n '$p'`
-changequote([,])dnl
-  if test -n "$x"; then
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
-  fi
-
   case "${host}" in
   # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
   *-*-cygwin*)
     SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty -L`pwd`/../intl -lintl -lcygwin -lkernel32"
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-liberty -lintl -lcygwin -lkernel32"
   ;;
 
   # Use built-in libintl on macOS, since it is not provided by libc.
   *-*-darwin*)
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -L`pwd`/../intl -liberty -lintl"
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-liberty -lintl"
   ;;
   esac
 
diff --git a/opcodes/Makefile.am b/opcodes/Makefile.am
index 4f06074a..6836c589 100644
--- a/opcodes/Makefile.am
+++ b/opcodes/Makefile.am
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ libopcodes_la_LDFLAGS += -rpath $(rpath_bfdlibdir)
 endif
 
 # This is where bfd.h lives.
-BFD_H = ../bfd/bfd.h
+BFD_H = $(BFDDIR)/bfd.h
 
 BUILD_LIBS = @BUILD_LIBS@
 BUILD_LIB_DEPS = @BUILD_LIB_DEPS@
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ OFILES = @BFD_MACHINES@
 # development.sh is used to determine -Werror default.
 CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES = $(BFDDIR)/development.sh
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I../bfd -I$(INCDIR) -I$(BFDDIR) @HDEFINES@ @INCINTL@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(INCDIR) -I$(BFDDIR) @HDEFINES@ @INCINTL@
 
 disassemble.lo: disassemble.c
 if am__fastdepCC
@@ -322,12 +322,21 @@ libopcodes_la_SOURCES =  dis-buf.c disassemble.c dis-init.c
 # old version of libbfd, or to pick up libbfd for the wrong architecture
 # if host != build. So for building with shared libraries we use a
 # hardcoded path to libbfd.so instead of relying on the entries in libbfd.la.
-libopcodes_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(OFILES) @SHARED_DEPENDENCIES@
+libopcodes_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(OFILES) @SHARED_DEPENDENCIES@ libtool-soversion
 libopcodes_la_LIBADD = $(OFILES) @SHARED_LIBADD@
-libopcodes_la_LDFLAGS += -release `cat ../bfd/libtool-soversion` @SHARED_LDFLAGS@
+libopcodes_la_LDFLAGS += -release `cat libtool-soversion` @SHARED_LDFLAGS@
 # Allow dependency tracking to work on all the source files.
 EXTRA_libopcodes_la_SOURCES = $(LIBOPCODES_CFILES)
 
+libtool-soversion:
+	@echo "creating $@"
+	bfd_soversion="$(VERSION)" ;\
+	. $(BFDDIR)/development.sh ;\
+	if test "$$development" = true ; then \
+	  bfd_soversion="$(VERSION).$${bfd_version_date}" ;\
+	fi ;\
+	echo "$${bfd_soversion}" > $@
+
 # libtool will build .libs/libopcodes.a.  We create libopcodes.a in
 # the build directory so that we don't have to convert all the
 # programs that use libopcodes.a simultaneously.  This is a hack which
diff --git a/opcodes/configure.ac b/opcodes/configure.ac
index 00be9c88..6e589ae4 100644
--- a/opcodes/configure.ac
+++ b/opcodes/configure.ac
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(string.h strings.h stdlib.h limits.h)
 ACX_HEADER_STRING
+GCC_HEADER_STDINT(bfd_stdint.h)
 
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([basename, stpcpy])
 
@@ -137,61 +138,27 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK(linker --as-needed support, bfd_cv_ld_as_needed,
 
 LT_LIB_M
 
-#Libs for generator progs
-if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xno"; then
-  BUILD_LIBS=../libiberty/libiberty.a
-  BUILD_LIB_DEPS=$BUILD_LIBS
-else
-  # if cross-compiling, assume that the system provides -liberty
-  # and that the version is compatible with new headers.
-  BUILD_LIBS=-liberty
-  BUILD_LIB_DEPS=
-fi
-BUILD_LIBS="$BUILD_LIBS $LIBINTL"
-BUILD_LIB_DEPS="$BUILD_LIB_DEPS $LIBINTL_DEP"
+BUILD_LIBS="-liberty $LIBINTL"
+BUILD_LIB_DEPS="$LIBINTL_DEP"
 
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_LIB_DEPS)
 
 # Horrible hacks to build DLLs on Windows and a shared library elsewhere.
 SHARED_LDFLAGS=
-SHARED_LIBADD=
+SHARED_LIBADD=-liberty
 SHARED_DEPENDENCIES=
 if test "$enable_shared" = "yes"; then
-# When building a shared libopcodes, link against the pic version of libiberty
-# so that apps that use libopcodes won't need libiberty just to satisfy any
-# libopcodes references.
-# We can't do that if a pic libiberty is unavailable since including non-pic
-# code would insert text relocations into libopcodes.
 # Note that linking against libbfd as we do here, which is itself linked
 # against libiberty, may not satisfy all the libopcodes libiberty references
 # since libbfd may not pull in the entirety of libiberty.
-changequote(,)dnl
-  x=`sed -n -e 's/^[ 	]*PICFLAG[ 	]*=[ 	]*//p' < ../libiberty/Makefile | sed -n '$p'`
-changequote([,])dnl
-  if test -n "$x"; then
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
-  fi
-
   case "${host}" in
     *-*-cygwin*)
       SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-      SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../bfd -lbfd -L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty -L`pwd`/../intl -lintl -lcygwin"
+      SHARED_LIBADD="-lbfd -liberty -lintl -lcygwin"
       ;;
-   *-*-darwin*)
-     SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,`pwd`/../bfd/.libs/libbfd.dylib ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
-     SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"
-     ;;
     *)
-      case "$host_vendor" in
-        hp)
-          SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,`pwd`/../bfd/.libs/libbfd.sl ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
-	  ;;
-	*)
-          SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,`pwd`/../bfd/.libs/libbfd.so ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
-	  ;;
-      esac
-      SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"
+      SHARED_LIBADD="-lbfd ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
       ;;
   esac