diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 50fb586b..dbf42d14 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = htop
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index c07e0854..fb38e5e2 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-mkdir -p m4
-autoreconf --install --force
+autoreconf --force --install --verbose -Wall
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 18617c12..12676fa3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ AC_INIT([htop],[3.0.2],[htop@groups.io])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([htop.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 # Required by hwloc scripts
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ AC_TYPE_UID_T
 # Checks for library functions and compiler features.
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID
-AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_STAT
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memmove strncasecmp strstr strdup])
 
@@ -118,13 +116,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(proc, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-proc=DIR], [Location of a Linux-compat
   fi,
   AC_DEFINE(PROCDIR, "/proc", [Path of proc filesystem]))
 
-if test "x$cross_compiling" = xno; then
-   if test "x$enable_proc" = xyes; then
-      AC_CHECK_FILE($PROCDIR/stat,,AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find $PROCDIR/stat. Make sure you have a Linux-compatible /proc filesystem mounted. See the file README for help.))
-      AC_CHECK_FILE($PROCDIR/meminfo,,AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find $PROCDIR/meminfo. Make sure you have a Linux-compatible /proc filesystem mounted. See the file README for help.))
-   fi
-fi
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(openvz, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-openvz], [enable OpenVZ support])], ,enable_openvz="no")
 if test "x$enable_openvz" = xyes; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENVZ, 1, [Define if openvz support enabled.])
@@ -237,7 +228,7 @@ if test "$my_htop_platform" = "solaris"; then
 fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(linux_affinity, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-linux-affinity], [enable Linux sched_setaffinity and sched_getaffinity for affinity support, disables hwloc])], ,enable_linux_affinity="yes")
-if test "x$enable_linux_affinity" = xyes -a "x$cross_compiling" = xno; then
+if test "x$enable_linux_affinity" = xyes; then
    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for usable sched_setaffinity])
    AC_RUN_IFELSE([
      AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
@@ -251,7 +242,8 @@ if test "x$enable_linux_affinity" = xyes -a "x$cross_compiling" = xno; then
        ]])],
      [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
      [enable_linux_affinity=no
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
+     [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes (assumed while cross compiling)])])
 fi
 if test "x$enable_linux_affinity" = xyes; then
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LINUX_AFFINITY, 1, [Define if Linux sched_setaffinity and sched_getaffinity are to be used.])