diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 7583a3bb..b82713a2 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-export WANT_AUTOMAKE="1.8"
-export MKDIR_P="mkdir -p"
-export AUTOMAKE="automake-1.8"
-export ACLOCAL="aclocal-1.8"
+aclocal
+automake
 autoreconf -f -i