diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ead17433..ed215524 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = include src bindings examples tests
+SUBDIRS = include src examples tests
 
 EXTRA_DIST=\
 	CMakeLists.txt \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0c6424a4..54ae61e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -108,34 +108,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_valgrind" != xno],
       ])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_VALGRIND, test "x$VALGRIND" != x)
 
-dnl Check for lua
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(if with lua)
-AC_ARG_WITH(lua, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-lua],[lua]),
-[WITH_LUA=$withval],[WITH_LUA=yes])
-
-if test "$WITH_LUA" != "no"; then
- AC_MSG_RESULT($WITH_LUA)
- # try pkgconfig
- if test "$WITH_LUA" = "yes"; then
-    LUAPC=lua
-  else
-    LUAPC=$WITH_LUA
-  fi
-
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LUA, $LUAPC >= 5.1, [
-   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA], [1], [liblua])
-   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA_H], [1], [lua.h])
- ],[
-   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LUA, lua5.1 >= 5.1, [
-     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA], [1], [liblua])
-     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA_H], [1], [lua.h])
-   ]) 
- ])
-
- AC_SUBST(LUA_CFLAGS)
- AC_SUBST(LUA_LIBS)
-fi
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 include/Makefile