diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a47e3ad2c9e66eab44b2981135da1677c08927f2..5bf4f52d98d808aee74c4ddb2cff8e1dea1d4bb4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # - Replace ' ' with ':' along with use of "IFS=:" as word-splitting
 #   delimiter for PATH-related tasks (Thanks Lionel Mamane).
 #
+# - Comment out code setting the absolute path to utilities on the
+#   basis of build-time detected binaries (Thanks Lionel Mamane).
+#
 # ( originally based upon 'shell script to configure doxygen',
 #   http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/
 #   Copyright (C) 1997-2001 by Dimitri van Heesch )
@@ -230,74 +233,74 @@ fi
 
 # - check for kfmclient -------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo -n "Checking for kfmclient... "
-if test "$f_kfmclient" = NO; then
-  kfmclient_name="kfmclient"
-  kfmclient_prog=NO
-  IFS=:
-  for j in $bin_dirs; do
-    if test -x "$j/$kfmclient_name"; then
-      if test -n "`$j/$kfmclient_name --version 2>/dev/null | grep KDE`"; then
-        kfmclient_prog="$j/$kfmclient_name"
-        break 1
-      fi
-    fi
-  done
-  unset IFS
-  f_kfmclient="$kfmclient_prog" 
-fi
-
-if test "$f_kfmclient" != NO; then
-  echo "using $f_kfmclient"
-else
-   echo "not found"
-fi
+#echo -n "Checking for kfmclient... "
+#if test "$f_kfmclient" = NO; then
+#  kfmclient_name="kfmclient"
+#  kfmclient_prog=NO
+#  IFS=:
+#  for j in $bin_dirs; do
+#    if test -x "$j/$kfmclient_name"; then
+#      if test -n "`$j/$kfmclient_name --version 2>/dev/null | grep KDE`"; then
+#        kfmclient_prog="$j/$kfmclient_name"
+#        break 1
+#      fi
+#    fi
+#  done
+#  unset IFS
+#  f_kfmclient="$kfmclient_prog" 
+#fi
+
+#if test "$f_kfmclient" != NO; then
+#  echo "using $f_kfmclient"
+#else
+#   echo "not found"
+#fi
 
 # - check for pdftotext -------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo -n "Checking for pdftotext... "
-if test "$f_pdftotext" = NO; then
-  pdftotext_name="pdftotext"
-  pdftotext_prog=NO
-  IFS=:
-  for j in $pdftotext_dirs; do
-    if test -x "$j/$pdftotext_name"; then
-        pdftotext_prog="$j/$pdftotext_name"
-        break 1
-    fi
-  done
-  unset IFS
-  f_pdftotext="$pdftotext_prog"
-fi
-
-if test "$f_pdftotext" != NO; then
-  echo "using $f_pdftotext"
-else
-   echo "not found"
-fi
+#echo -n "Checking for pdftotext... "
+#if test "$f_pdftotext" = NO; then
+#  pdftotext_name="pdftotext"
+#  pdftotext_prog=NO
+#  IFS=:
+#  for j in $pdftotext_dirs; do
+#    if test -x "$j/$pdftotext_name"; then
+#        pdftotext_prog="$j/$pdftotext_name"
+#        break 1
+#    fi
+#  done
+#  unset IFS
+#  f_pdftotext="$pdftotext_prog"
+#fi
+#
+#if test "$f_pdftotext" != NO; then
+#  echo "using $f_pdftotext"
+#else
+#   echo "not found"
+#fi
 
 # - check for exiftool -------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo -n "Checking for exiftool... "
-if test "$f_exiftool" = NO; then
-  exiftool_name="exiftool"
-  exiftool_prog=NO
-  IFS=:
-  for j in $exiftool_dirs; do
-    if test -x "$j/$exiftool_name"; then
-        exiftool_prog="$j/$exiftool_name"
-        break 1
-    fi
-  done
-  unset IFS
-  f_exiftool="$exiftool_prog"
-fi
-
-if test "$f_exiftool" != NO; then
-  echo "using $f_exiftool"
-else
-   echo "not found"
-fi
+#echo -n "Checking for exiftool... "
+#if test "$f_exiftool" = NO; then
+#  exiftool_name="exiftool"
+#  exiftool_prog=NO
+#  IFS=:
+#  for j in $exiftool_dirs; do
+#    if test -x "$j/$exiftool_name"; then
+#        exiftool_prog="$j/$exiftool_name"
+#        break 1
+#    fi
+#  done
+#  unset IFS
+#  f_exiftool="$exiftool_prog"
+#fi
+
+#if test "$f_exiftool" != NO; then
+#  echo "using $f_exiftool"
+#else
+#   echo "not found"
+#fi
 
 #- Setting dirs and start qmake -----------------------------------------------