--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_C_STRINGIZE
 
-MD_CONF_DEBUGGING
 MD_CONF_COMPILER
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_LINUX, test "$MD_OS" = "linux")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_BSD, test "$MD_OS" = "bsd")
--- a/m4/md_check_gcc3.m4
+++ b/m4/md_check_gcc3.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([MD_CHECK_GCC3],
   [
     if [[ "$GCC" = "yes" ]]; then
-      ver=$(gcc -dD -E - < /dev/null | sed -ne 's,.*__GNUC__ ,,p')
+      ver=$(${CC} -dD -E - < /dev/null | sed -ne 's,.*__GNUC__ ,,p')
       case $ver in
         *[[^[:digit:]]]*)
           AC_MSG_WARN([Could not determine compiler version. Trying our luck...])