diff -urN Hermes-1.3.3/configure.in Hermes-1.3.3.new/configure.in
--- Hermes-1.3.3/configure.in	2002-04-27 22:45:53.000000000 +0200
+++ Hermes-1.3.3.new/configure.in	2008-11-23 13:26:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
 CCAS=$CC
 CCASFLAGS=$CFLAGS
 AR_COMPILER=$CC
-AR_FLAGS=$CFLAGS
 
 dnl let's keep autoconf 2.5 happy
 AS=$CC
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@
 
 
 
-AC_SUBST(AR_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(AR_ASM_OBJECTS)
 AC_SUBST(AR_COMPILER)
 AC_SUBST(AR_ASM_FLAGS)