--- xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/m4/ax_python_devel.m4	2013-12-12 22:47:49.000000000 +0100
+++ xbmc-12.3-Frodo/m4/ax_python_devel.m4	2014-01-27 18:51:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -151,10 +151,9 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
 	#
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
 	if test -z "$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"; then
-		python_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-			print (distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc ());"`
+		python_path=`python2-config --includes`
 		if test -n "${python_path}"; then
-			python_path="-I$python_path"
+			python_path="$python_path"
 		fi
 		PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$python_path
 	fi
@@ -267,17 +266,6 @@ EOD`
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
 	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
 
-	#
-	# libraries which must be linked in when embedding
-	#
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra libraries)
-	if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"; then
-	   PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-                conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                print (conf('LOCALMODLIBS') + ' ' + conf('LIBS'))"`
-	fi
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
-	AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS)
 
 	#
 	# linking flags needed when embedding