diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -45,13 +45,9 @@ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.17.2)
 
-AC_CHECK_MYSQLR
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DISTLIBS, libconfuse >= 2.6)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CHECK], [check >= 0.9.4])
 
-AC_SUBST([MYSQL_LIBS])
-AC_SUBST([MYSQL_CFLAGS])
-
 AC_DEFINE_DIR([SYSCONFDIR], [sysconfdir], [Directory to find configuration files in])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
diff --git a/src/server/Makefile.am b/src/server/Makefile.am
--- a/src/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/server/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = distrend
 distrend_SOURCES = distrend.c
-distrend_LDADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@ @MYSQL_LIBS@ @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistrencommon.la
-distrend_CFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ @MYSQL_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common
+distrend_LDADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@ @top_builddir@/src/common/libdistrencommon.la
+distrend_CFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@ -I@top_srcdir@/src/common