diff -purN fontconfig-2.8.0.orig/configure fontconfig-2.8.0/configure
--- fontconfig-2.8.0.orig/configure	2009-12-17 13:17:26.000000000 +0100
+++ fontconfig-2.8.0/configure	2009-12-17 13:21:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -13720,70 +13720,8 @@ _ACEOF
 #
 
 
-# Check whether --with-freetype-config was given.
-if test "${with_freetype_config+set}" = set; then
-  withval=$with_freetype_config; freetype_config=$withval
-else
-  freetype_config=yes
-fi
-
-
-if test "$freetype_config" = "yes"; then
-	# Extract the first word of "freetype-config", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy freetype-config; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_path_ft_config+set}" = set; then
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  case $ft_config in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_ft_config="$ft_config" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_path_ft_config="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  test -z "$ac_cv_path_ft_config" && ac_cv_path_ft_config="no"
-  ;;
-esac
-fi
-ft_config=$ac_cv_path_ft_config
-if test -n "$ft_config"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ft_config" >&5
-$as_echo "$ft_config" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-	if test "$ft_config" = "no"; then
-		{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: You must have freetype installed; see http://www.freetype.org/" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: You must have freetype installed; see http://www.freetype.org/" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-	fi
-else
-	ft_config="$freetype_config"
-fi
-
-FREETYPE_CFLAGS="`$ft_config --cflags`"
-FREETYPE_LIBS="`$ft_config --libs`"
-
-
-
+FREETYPE_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/freetype2"
+FREETYPE_LIBS="-lfreetype -lz"
 
 fontconfig_save_libs="$LIBS"
 fontconfig_save_cflags="$CFLAGS"