--- openvpn-2.3.2.orig/configure.ac	2013-05-31 14:00:25.000000000 +0200
+++ openvpn-2.3.2/configure.ac	2014-02-15 14:45:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -353,19 +353,13 @@ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
 AC_ARG_VAR([IFCONFIG], [full path to ipconfig utility])
 AC_ARG_VAR([ROUTE], [full path to route utility])
-AC_ARG_VAR([IPROUTE], [full path to ip utility])
 AC_ARG_VAR([NETSTAT], [path to netstat utility]) # tests
 AC_ARG_VAR([MAN2HTML], [path to man2html utility])
 AC_ARG_VAR([GIT], [path to git utility])
-AC_PATH_PROGS([IFCONFIG], [ifconfig],, [$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin])
-AC_PATH_PROGS([ROUTE], [route],, [$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin])
-AC_PATH_PROGS([IPROUTE], [ip],, [$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin])
 AC_CHECK_PROGS([NETSTAT], [netstat], [netstat], [$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/etc]) # tests
 AC_CHECK_PROGS([MAN2HTML], [man2html])
 AC_CHECK_PROGS([GIT], [git]) # optional
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([IFCONFIG_PATH], ["$IFCONFIG"], [Path to ifconfig tool])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([IPROUTE_PATH], ["$IPROUTE"], [Path to iproute tool])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ROUTE_PATH], ["$ROUTE"], [Path to route tool])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([IPROUTE_PATH], ["/sbin"], [Path to iproute tool])
 
 #
 # Libtool
@@ -982,7 +976,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 if test "${enable_iproute2}" = "yes"; then
-	test -z "${IPROUTE}" && AC_MSG_ERROR([ip utility is required but missing])
 	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_IPROUTE], [1], [enable iproute2 support])
 else
 	if test "${WIN32}" != "yes"; then