diff -uNr nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/Makefile.am nutcracker-0.2.4/Makefile.am
--- nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:11:19.869975912 -0400
+++ nutcracker-0.2.4/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:11:36.709975757 -0400
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-SUBDIRS = contrib src
+SUBDIRS = src
 
 EXTRA_DIST = README.md NOTICE LICENSE ChangeLog conf scripts notes
diff -uNr nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am nutcracker-0.2.4/src/Makefile.am
--- nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:16:16.449973187 -0400
+++ nutcracker-0.2.4/src/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:16:44.019972934 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I $(top_srcdir)/src/hashkit
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I $(top_srcdir)/src/proto
-AM_CPPFLAGS += -I $(top_srcdir)/contrib/yaml-0.1.4/include
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wshadow
 AM_CFLAGS += -Wpointer-arith
@@ -43,4 +42,3 @@
 
 nutcracker_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/hashkit/libhashkit.a
 nutcracker_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/src/proto/libproto.a
-nutcracker_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/contrib/yaml-0.1.4/src/.libs/libyaml.a
diff -uNr nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/configure.ac nutcracker-0.2.4/configure.ac
--- nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/configure.ac	2013-09-11 10:23:27.879969223 -0400
+++ nutcracker-0.2.4/configure.ac	2013-09-11 10:24:28.729968664 -0400
@@ -138,11 +138,7 @@
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STATS], [1], [Define to 1 if stats is not disabled])])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($disable_stats)
 
-# Untar the yaml-0.1.4 in contrib/ before config.status is rerun
-AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE([tar xvfz contrib/yaml-0.1.4.tar.gz -C contrib])
-
-# Call yaml-0.1.4 ./configure recursively
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([contrib/yaml-0.1.4])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([YAML], [yaml-0.1 >= 0.1])
 
 # Define Makefiles
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
diff -uNr nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am nutcracker-0.2.4/src/Makefile.am
--- nutcracker-0.2.4.orig/src/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:23:27.879969223 -0400
+++ nutcracker-0.2.4/src/Makefile.am	2013-09-11 10:26:16.549967674 -0400
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 AM_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-value
 AM_CFLAGS += -Wconversion -Wsign-compare
 AM_CFLAGS += -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations
+AM_CFLAGS += $(YAML_CFLAGS)
 
-AM_LDFLAGS = -lm -lpthread -rdynamic
+AM_LDFLAGS = -lm -lpthread -rdynamic $(YAML_LIBS)
 
 SUBDIRS = hashkit proto
 
@@ -40,5 +41,5 @@
 	nc_queue.h			\
 	nc.c
 
-nutcracker_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/hashkit/libhashkit.a
+nutcracker_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/hashkit/libhashkit.a 
 nutcracker_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/src/proto/libproto.a