diff --git a/desmume/configure.ac b/desmume/configure.ac
index ee95bcdee..0a662508b 100644
--- a/desmume/configure.ac
+++ b/desmume/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl --- Package name is first argument to AC_INIT
 dnl --- Release version is second argument to AC_INIT
 
-AC_INIT(desmume, [0.8])
+AC_INIT(desmume, [svn])
 
 dnl -- find target architecture for some os specific libraries
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ AC_SUBST(desmume_arch)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10])
 
-dnl -- make sure we have a C compiler
-AC_PROG_CC
-
 dnl -- make sure we have a c++ compiler
 AC_PROG_CXX