diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/server/distrend.c]
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
+#AC_PROG_RANLIB #don't add this even if autoscan says to, because AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is enough
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O