diff --git a/build/configure.ac.tools b/build/configure.ac.tools
index a24dbce..aaf0e5d 100644
--- a/build/configure.ac.tools
+++ b/build/configure.ac.tools
@@ -10,16 +10,3 @@ AC_C_INLINE
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
-PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
-if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" = x; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config >= $PKGCONFIG_REQUIRED required but not found (http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/)])
-fi
-
-dnl Check for recent pkg-config which supports Requires.private
-case `$PKG_CONFIG --version` in
-[0.?|0.?.?|0.1[0-7]|0.1[0-7].?]) PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES="Requires"; ;;
-*) PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES="Requires.private"; ;;
-esac
-
-AC_SUBST(PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES)
-
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a04baae..a162a6a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -321,26 +321,7 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(gallium, Gallium3D, no, [
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_FUNCTIONS(png, PNG, yes, [
-  use_png=no
-  AC_ARG_VAR([png_REQUIRES], [module name for libpng to search for using pkg-config])
-  if test "x$png_REQUIRES" = x; then
-    # libpng13 is GnuWin32's libpng-1.2.8 :-(
-    for l in libpng libpng14 libpng12 libpng13 libpng10; do
-      if $PKG_CONFIG --exists $l ; then
-        png_REQUIRES=$l
-        use_png=yes
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-  else
-    use_png=yes
-  fi
-
-  if test "x$use_png" = "xyes" ; then 
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(png, $png_REQUIRES, , : )
-  else
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find libpng in the pkg-config search path])
-  fi    
+  use_png=yes
 ])
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
@@ -491,35 +472,7 @@ FREETYPE_MIN_RELEASE=2.1.9
 FREETYPE_MIN_VERSION=9.7.3
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_FONT_BACKEND(ft, FreeType, auto, [
-
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FREETYPE, freetype2 >= $FREETYPE_MIN_VERSION,
-                      [freetype_pkgconfig=yes],
-		      [freetype_pkgconfig=no])
-  
-    if test "x$freetype_pkgconfig" = "xyes"; then
-      ft_REQUIRES="freetype2 >= $FREETYPE_MIN_VERSION $ft_REQUIRES"
-    else
-  
-      if test -z "$FREETYPE_CONFIG"; then
-        AC_PATH_PROG(FREETYPE_CONFIG, freetype-config, no)
-      fi
-      if test "x$FREETYPE_CONFIG" = "xno" ; then
-        use_ft='no (freetype-config not found in path or $FREETYPE_CONFIG)'
-      else
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(freetype2 libtool version)
-
-        FREETYPE_VERSION=`$FREETYPE_CONFIG --version`
-	AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$FREETYPE_VERSION], [gt], [$FREETYPE_MIN_VERSION],
-			   [AC_MSG_RESULT($FREETYPE_VERSION - OK)
-			   ft_NONPKGCONFIG_CFLAGS=`$FREETYPE_CONFIG --cflags`
-			   ft_NONPKGCONFIG_LIBS=`$FREETYPE_CONFIG --libs`],
-			   [AC_MSG_RESULT($FREETYPE_VERSION - Too old)
-			   use_ft="no ($FREETYPE_VERSION found; version $FREETYPE_MIN_VERSION from release $FREETYPE_MIN_RELEASE required)"])
-      fi
-    fi
-
-  ft_CFLAGS="$FREETYPE_CFLAGS"
-  ft_LIBS="$FREETYPE_LIBS"
+    use_ft="yes"
 ])
 
 FONTCONFIG_MIN_VERSION=2.2.95
@@ -658,19 +611,12 @@ CAIRO_ENABLE(test_surfaces, test surfaces, no)
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(image, image, always, [
-  pixman_REQUIRES="pixman-1 >= 0.16.0"
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(pixman, $pixman_REQUIRES, ,
-    [use_image="no (requires $pixman_REQUIRES http://cairographics.org/releases/)"])
+  use_image=yes
   image_REQUIRES=$pixman_REQUIRES
   image_CFLAGS=$pixman_CFLAGS
   image_LIBS=$pixman_LIBS
 ])
 
-if pkg-config --exists 'pixman-1 >= 0.27.1'; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAS_PIXMAN_GLYPHS], 1, [Enable pixman glyph cache])
-fi
-
-
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 CAIRO_ENABLE_SURFACE_BACKEND(mime, mime, always)
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index a9495dc..7bef9d5 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ endif
 endif
 test_sources += $(test)
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = cairo-test-suite$(EXEEXT) # always build
 noinst_SCRIPTS = check-refs.sh
 
 TESTS += cairo-test-suite$(EXEEXT)
