--- dia-0.97.2/acinclude.m4~	2011-03-20 12:18:13.000000000 +0100
+++ dia-0.97.2/acinclude.m4	2011-12-31 13:03:18.989732048 +0100
@@ -224,30 +224,13 @@
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
 AC_REQUIRE([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS])
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libpython${PYTHON_VERSION})
 
 py_config_dir="$py_prefix/$py_lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/config"
 
 py_makefile="${py_config_dir}/Makefile"
-if test -f "$py_makefile"; then
-dnl extra required libs
-  py_basemodlibs=`sed -n -e 's/^BASEMODLIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $py_makefile`
-  py_other_libs=`sed -n -e 's/^LIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $py_makefile`
-
-dnl now the actual libpython
-  if test -e "$PYTHON_PREFIX/${py_lib}/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.so"; then
-    PYTHON_LIBS="-L${py_config_dir} -lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-  elif test -e "${py_prefix}/${py_lib}/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a"; then
-    dnl Same as above, but looking into the previous location: bug #581533
-    PYTHON_LIBS="-L${py_config_dir} -lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-  else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found lib)
-  fi
-else
-  AC_MSG_RESULT(not found config)
-fi
+PYTHON_LIBS="-lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
+AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)])
 
 # We need this because freetype is optional