diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd8f58e..736bfbf 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ Release/tests/*.pid
 /EXPERIMENTAL
 /CREDITS
 /wing_process.php
+/configure.ac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 1094e28..0000000
--- a/configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-dnl This file becomes configure.ac for self-contained extensions.
-
-AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(config.m4)
-ifdef([AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER], [AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER], [])
-
-PHP_CONFIG_NICE(config.nice)
-
-dnl 
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_EXT_BUILDDIR],[.])dnl
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_EXT_DIR],[""])dnl
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_EXT_SRCDIR],[$abs_srcdir])dnl
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED],[
-  ext_output="yes, shared"
-  ext_shared=yes
-  test "[$]$1" = "no" && $1=yes
-])dnl
-dnl
-
-test -z "$CFLAGS" && auto_cflags=1
-
-abs_srcdir=`(cd $srcdir && pwd)`
-abs_builddir=`pwd`
-
-AC_PROG_CC([cc gcc])
-PHP_DETECT_ICC
-PHP_DETECT_SUNCC
-AC_PROG_CC_C_O
-
-dnl Support systems with system libraries in e.g. /usr/lib64
-PHP_ARG_WITH(libdir, for system library directory,
-[  --with-libdir=NAME      Look for libraries in .../NAME rather than .../lib], lib, no)
-
-PHP_RUNPATH_SWITCH
-PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAMES
-
-dnl Find php-config script
-PHP_ARG_WITH(php-config,,
-[  --with-php-config=PATH  Path to php-config [php-config]], php-config, no)
-
-dnl For BC
-PHP_CONFIG=$PHP_PHP_CONFIG
-prefix=`$PHP_CONFIG --prefix 2>/dev/null`
-phpincludedir=`$PHP_CONFIG --include-dir 2>/dev/null`
-INCLUDES=`$PHP_CONFIG --includes 2>/dev/null`
-EXTENSION_DIR=`$PHP_CONFIG --extension-dir 2>/dev/null`
-PHP_EXECUTABLE=`$PHP_CONFIG --php-binary 2>/dev/null`
- 
-if test -z "$prefix"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find php-config. Please use --with-php-config=PATH])
-fi
-
-php_shtool=$srcdir/build/shtool
-PHP_INIT_BUILD_SYSTEM
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PHP prefix])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$prefix])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PHP includes])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$INCLUDES])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PHP extension directory])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$EXTENSION_DIR])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PHP installed headers prefix])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$phpincludedir])
-
-dnl Checks for PHP_DEBUG / ZEND_DEBUG / ZTS
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if debug is enabled])
-old_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
-CPPFLAGS="-I$phpincludedir"
-AC_EGREP_CPP(php_debug_is_enabled,[
-#include <main/php_config.h>
-#if ZEND_DEBUG
-php_debug_is_enabled
-#endif
-],[
-  PHP_DEBUG=yes
-],[
-  PHP_DEBUG=no
-])
-CPPFLAGS=$old_CPPFLAGS
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$PHP_DEBUG])
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if zts is enabled])
-old_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
-CPPFLAGS="-I$phpincludedir"
-AC_EGREP_CPP(php_zts_is_enabled,[
-#include <main/php_config.h>
-#if ZTS
-php_zts_is_enabled
-#endif
-],[
-  PHP_THREAD_SAFETY=yes
-],[
-  PHP_THREAD_SAFETY=no
-])
-CPPFLAGS=$old_CPPFLAGS
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$PHP_THREAD_SAFETY])
-
-dnl Support for building and testing Zend extensions
-ZEND_EXT_TYPE="zend_extension"
-PHP_SUBST(ZEND_EXT_TYPE)
-
-dnl Discard optimization flags when debugging is enabled
-if test "$PHP_DEBUG" = "yes"; then
-  PHP_DEBUG=1
-  ZEND_DEBUG=yes
-  changequote({,})
-  CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | $SED -e 's/-O[0-9s]*//g'`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo "$CXXFLAGS" | $SED -e 's/-O[0-9s]*//g'`
-  changequote([,])
-  dnl add -O0 only if GCC or ICC is used
-  if test "$GCC" = "yes" || test "$ICC" = "yes"; then
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0"
-    CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -g -O0"
-  fi
-  if test "$SUNCC" = "yes"; then
-    if test -n "$auto_cflags"; then
-      CFLAGS="-g"
-      CXXFLAGS="-g"
-    else
-      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g"
-      CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g"
-    fi
-  fi
-else
-  PHP_DEBUG=0
-  ZEND_DEBUG=no
-fi
-
-dnl Always shared
-PHP_BUILD_SHARED
-
-dnl Required programs
-PHP_PROG_RE2C
-PHP_PROG_AWK
-
-sinclude(config.m4)
-
-enable_static=no
-enable_shared=yes
-
-dnl Only allow AC_PROG_CXX and AC_PROG_CXXCPP if they are explicitly called (by PHP_REQUIRE_CXX).
-dnl Otherwise AC_PROG_LIBTOOL fails if there is no working C++ compiler.
-AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([PHP_REQUIRE_CXX], [], [
-  undefine([AC_PROG_CXX])
-  AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_CXX], [])
-  undefine([AC_PROG_CXXCPP])
-  AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_CXXCPP], [php_prog_cxxcpp=disabled])
-])
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
-
-all_targets='$(PHP_MODULES) $(PHP_ZEND_EX)'
-install_targets="install-modules install-headers"
-phplibdir="`pwd`/modules"
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_CONFIG_H"
-CFLAGS_CLEAN='$(CFLAGS)'
-CXXFLAGS_CLEAN='$(CXXFLAGS)'
-
-test "$prefix" = "NONE" && prefix="/usr/local"
-test "$exec_prefix" = "NONE" && exec_prefix='$(prefix)'
-
-PHP_SUBST(PHP_MODULES)
-PHP_SUBST(PHP_ZEND_EX)
-
-PHP_SUBST(all_targets)
-PHP_SUBST(install_targets)
-
-PHP_SUBST(prefix)
-PHP_SUBST(exec_prefix)
-PHP_SUBST(libdir)
-PHP_SUBST(prefix)
-PHP_SUBST(phplibdir)
-PHP_SUBST(phpincludedir)
-
-PHP_SUBST(CC)
-PHP_SUBST(CFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(CFLAGS_CLEAN)
-PHP_SUBST(CPP)
-PHP_SUBST(CPPFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(CXX)
-PHP_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(CXXFLAGS_CLEAN)
-PHP_SUBST(EXTENSION_DIR)
-PHP_SUBST(PHP_EXECUTABLE)
-PHP_SUBST(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(EXTRA_LIBS)
-PHP_SUBST(INCLUDES)
-PHP_SUBST(LFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
-PHP_SUBST(SHARED_LIBTOOL)
-PHP_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-PHP_SUBST(SHELL)
-PHP_SUBST(INSTALL_HEADERS)
-
-PHP_GEN_BUILD_DIRS
-PHP_GEN_GLOBAL_MAKEFILE
-
-test -d modules || $php_shtool mkdir modules
-touch .deps
-
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-
-AC_OUTPUT()