diff --git a/winsup/w32api/configure b/winsup/w32api/configure
index b89393266..234c10f1b 100755
--- a/winsup/w32api/configure
+++ b/winsup/w32api/configure
@@ -560,12 +560,6 @@ ac_unique_file="include/w32api.h"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 BUILDENV
-DEVTAG
-SUBSYSTEM
-TAREXT
-ZIPCMD
-TARCMD
-LN_S
 LD
 WINDRES
 DLLTOOL
@@ -578,7 +572,6 @@ CC
 INSTALL_DATA
 INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
-MKDIR_P
 target_os
 target_vendor
 target_cpu
@@ -591,7 +584,6 @@ build_os
 build_vendor
 build_cpu
 build
-PACKAGE_RELEASE
 target_alias
 host_alias
 build_alias
@@ -636,8 +628,7 @@ enable_option_checking
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
-target_alias
-PACKAGE_RELEASE'
+target_alias'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -1250,13 +1241,6 @@ if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
-Some influential environment variables:
-  PACKAGE_RELEASE
-              release number suffix, qualifying package version
-
-Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
-it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
-
 Report bugs to <http://mingw.org/reporting_bugs>.
 _ACEOF
 ac_status=$?
@@ -1692,10 +1676,6 @@ $as_echo_n "checking package version... " >&6; }
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PACKAGE_VERSION" >&5
 $as_echo "$PACKAGE_VERSION" >&6; }
 
-PACKAGE_RELEASE=${PACKAGE_RELEASE-"1"}
-
-
-
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in "$srcdir" "$srcdir/.." "$srcdir/../.."; do
   if test -f "$ac_dir/install-sh"; then
@@ -1837,50 +1817,6 @@ test -n "$target_alias" &&
   program_prefix=${target_alias}-
 
 
-# Identify commands which are to be used for installation.
-#
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... " >&6; }
-if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then
-  if test "${ac_cv_path_mkdir+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/opt/sfw/bin
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_prog in mkdir gmkdir; do
-	 for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-	   { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"; } || continue
-	   case `"$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" --version 2>&1` in #(
-	     'mkdir (GNU coreutils) '* | \
-	     'mkdir (coreutils) '* | \
-	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1*)
-	       ac_cv_path_mkdir=$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext
-	       break 3;;
-	   esac
-	 done
-       done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-
-  test -d ./--version && rmdir ./--version
-  if test "${ac_cv_path_mkdir+set}" = set; then
-    MKDIR_P="$ac_cv_path_mkdir -p"
-  else
-    # As a last resort, use the slow shell script.  Don't cache a
-    # value for MKDIR_P within a source directory, because that will
-    # break other packages using the cache if that directory is
-    # removed, or if the value is a relative name.
-    MKDIR_P="$ac_install_sh -d"
-  fi
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MKDIR_P" >&5
-$as_echo "$MKDIR_P" >&6; }
-
 # Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
 # so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
 # incompatible versions:
@@ -2640,159 +2576,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ln -s works" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether ln -s works... " >&6; }
-LN_S=$as_ln_s
-if test "$LN_S" = "ln -s"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no, using $LN_S" >&5
-$as_echo "no, using $LN_S" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-# Establish how to create and identify package tarballs.
-#
-# Extract the first word of "tar", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy tar; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_TARCMD+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$TARCMD"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_TARCMD="$TARCMD" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_TARCMD="tar"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-TARCMD=$ac_cv_prog_TARCMD
-if test -n "$TARCMD"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $TARCMD" >&5
-$as_echo "$TARCMD" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-case $target_os in #(
-  *cygwin*) :
-    # Extract the first word of "bzip2", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy bzip2; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ZIPCMD"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="$ZIPCMD" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="bzip2"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD" && ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="gzip"
-fi
-fi
-ZIPCMD=$ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD
-if test -n "$ZIPCMD"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ZIPCMD" >&5
-$as_echo "$ZIPCMD" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
- ;; #(
-  *) :
-    # Extract the first word of "lzma", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy lzma; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD+set}" = set; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ZIPCMD"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="$ZIPCMD" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="lzma"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD" && ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD="gzip"
-fi
-fi
-ZIPCMD=$ac_cv_prog_ZIPCMD
-if test -n "$ZIPCMD"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ZIPCMD" >&5
-$as_echo "$ZIPCMD" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
- ;;
-esac
-case $ZIPCMD in #(
-  b*) :
-    TAREXT=tar.bz2
- ;; #(
-  l*) :
-    TAREXT=tar.lzma
- ;; #(
-  *) :
-    TAREXT=tar.gz
-
- ;;
-esac
-case $target_os in #(
-  *cygwin*) :
-    SUBSYSTEM="" DEVTAG="" ;; #(
-  *) :
-    SUBSYSTEM="-$host_os" DEVTAG="-dev"
- ;;
-esac
-
-
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for build environment" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for build environment... " >&6; }
@@ -2809,9 +2592,7 @@ $as_echo "$BUILDENV" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile Makefile.comm"
-
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files lib/Makefile lib/ddk/Makefile lib/directx/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile lib/Makefile lib/ddk/Makefile lib/directx/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -3419,7 +3200,6 @@ gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 ac_pwd='$ac_pwd'
 srcdir='$srcdir'
 INSTALL='$INSTALL'
-MKDIR_P='$MKDIR_P'
 test -n "\$AWK" || AWK=awk
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3521,7 +3301,6 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
-    "Makefile.comm") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile.comm" ;;
     "lib/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/ddk/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/ddk/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/directx/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/directx/Makefile" ;;
@@ -3861,11 +3640,6 @@ ac_abs_srcdir=$ac_abs_top_srcdir$ac_dir_suffix
   [\\/$]* | ?:[\\/]* ) ac_INSTALL=$INSTALL ;;
   *) ac_INSTALL=$ac_top_build_prefix$INSTALL ;;
   esac
-  ac_MKDIR_P=$MKDIR_P
-  case $MKDIR_P in
-  [\\/$]* | ?:[\\/]* ) ;;
-  */*) ac_MKDIR_P=$ac_top_build_prefix$MKDIR_P ;;
-  esac
 _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
@@ -3920,7 +3694,6 @@ s&@builddir@&$ac_builddir&;t t
 s&@abs_builddir@&$ac_abs_builddir&;t t
 s&@abs_top_builddir@&$ac_abs_top_builddir&;t t
 s&@INSTALL@&$ac_INSTALL&;t t
-s&@MKDIR_P@&$ac_MKDIR_P&;t t
 $ac_datarootdir_hack
 "
 eval sed \"\$ac_sed_extra\" "$ac_file_inputs" | $AWK -f "$tmp/subs.awk" >$tmp/out \