--- config/am_include.mk
+++ config/am_include.mk
@@ -32,19 +32,6 @@
 INCLUDES=-I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 
-## CXXFLAGS is also automatically added to the $(CXX) macro at compile time, and
-## is passed down to the children as well
-## I list these here in case there needs to always be some flags passed to the compiler
-CXXFLAGS=@CXXFLAGS@
-
-
-## LDFLAGS will be added at link time
-## note that the -l flags are set by the LIBS macro that is set by configure
-## This line doesn't need to be here, configure will add LDFLAGS on it's own,
-## but I'm leaving here as a place to add LDFLAGS if so desired
-LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
-
-
 # doc directory
 pkgdocdir=$(prefix)/doc/@PACKAGE@
 
--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 dnl ############################################################################
 dnl # Checks for programs                                                      #
 dnl ############################################################################
-CXXFLAGS= dnl AC_PROG_CXX automatically sets CXXFLAGS to -g -O2 if g++ is the C++ compiler and CXXFLAGS hasn't been set, so by setting CXXFLAGS, we can avoid this.
 AC_PROG_CXX
 #AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_CC