diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13c586e20..fb8c835eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ doc/reference/cally/cally.signals
 doc/reference/cally/cally-docs.xml
 doc/reference/cally/*.stamp
 doc/reference/cally/*.bak
-doltcompile
-doltlibtool
 gtk-doc.make
 install-sh
 libtool
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e501c12f8..40524ba0e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = 				\
 
 CLEANFILES = $(pcfiles)
 
-DISTCLEANFILES = doltcompile doltlibtool
+DISTCLEANFILES =
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc --enable-maintainer-flags
 
diff --git a/build/autotools/Makefile.am b/build/autotools/Makefile.am
index a52a6c8e7..9e3da3ae8 100644
--- a/build/autotools/Makefile.am
+++ b/build/autotools/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	Makefile.am.changelog	\
 	Makefile.am.gcov	\
 	Makefile.am.gitignore	\
-	dolt.m4			\
 	introspection.m4	\
 	gtk-doc.m4		\
 	as-compiler-flag.m4	\
diff --git a/build/autotools/dolt.m4 b/build/autotools/dolt.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 1109bdb0c..000000000
--- a/build/autotools/dolt.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-dnl dolt, a replacement for libtool
-dnl Copyright © 2007-2008 Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
-dnl Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-dnl are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
-dnl notice and this notice are preserved.
-dnl
-dnl To use dolt, invoke the DOLT macro immediately after the libtool macros.
-dnl Optionally, copy this file into acinclude.m4, to avoid the need to have it
-dnl installed when running autoconf on your project.
-
-AC_DEFUN([DOLT], [
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
-# dolt, a replacement for libtool
-# Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
-AC_PATH_PROG(DOLT_BASH, bash)
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if dolt supports this host])
-dolt_supported=yes
-if test x$DOLT_BASH = x; then
-    dolt_supported=no
-fi
-if test x$GCC != xyes; then
-    dolt_supported=no
-fi
-case $host in
-i?86-*-linux*|x86_64-*-linux*|powerpc-*-linux* \
-|amd64-*-freebsd*|i?86-*-freebsd*|ia64-*-freebsd*)
-    pic_options='-fPIC'
-    ;;
-i?86-apple-darwin*)
-    pic_options='-fno-common'
-    ;;
-*)
-    dolt_supported=no
-    ;;
-esac
-if test x$dolt_supported = xno ; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([no, falling back to libtool])
-    LTCOMPILE='$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(COMPILE)'
-    LTCXXCOMPILE='$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CXX $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CXXCOMPILE)'
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes, replacing libtool])
-
-dnl Start writing out doltcompile.
-    cat <<__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__ >doltcompile
-#!$DOLT_BASH
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-args=("$[]@")
-for ((arg=0; arg<${#args@<:@@@:>@}; arg++)) ; do
-    if test x"${args@<:@$arg@:>@}" = x-o ; then
-        objarg=$((arg+1))
-        break
-    fi
-done
-if test x$objarg = x ; then
-    echo 'Error: no -o on compiler command line' 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-lo="${args@<:@$objarg@:>@}"
-obj="${lo%.lo}"
-if test x"$lo" = x"$obj" ; then
-    echo "Error: libtool object file name \"$lo\" does not end in .lo" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-objbase="${obj##*/}"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-dnl Write out shared compilation code.
-    if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-libobjdir="${obj%$objbase}.libs"
-if test ! -d "$libobjdir" ; then
-    mkdir_out="$(mkdir "$libobjdir" 2>&1)"
-    mkdir_ret=$?
-    if test "$mkdir_ret" -ne 0 && test ! -d "$libobjdir" ; then
-	echo "$mkdir_out" 1>&2
-        exit $mkdir_ret
-    fi
-fi
-pic_object="$libobjdir/$objbase.o"
-args@<:@$objarg@:>@="$pic_object"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    cat <<__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__ >>doltcompile
-"\${args@<:@@@:>@}" $pic_options -DPIC || exit \$?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-dnl Write out static compilation code.
-dnl Avoid duplicate compiler output if also building shared objects.
-    if test x$enable_static = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-non_pic_object="$obj.o"
-args@<:@$objarg@:>@="$non_pic_object"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-            cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-"${args@<:@@@:>@}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit $?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        else
-            cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-"${args@<:@@@:>@}" || exit $?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        fi
-    fi
-
-dnl Write out the code to write the .lo file.
-dnl The second line of the .lo file must match "^# Generated by .*libtool"
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-{
-echo "# $lo - a libtool object file"
-echo "# Generated by doltcompile, not libtool"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-    if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo "pic_object='.libs/${objbase}.o'"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    else
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo pic_object=none
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-    if test x$enable_static = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo "non_pic_object='${objbase}.o'"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    else
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo non_pic_object=none
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-} > "$lo"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-dnl Done writing out doltcompile; substitute it for libtool compilation.
-    chmod +x doltcompile
-    LTCOMPILE='$(top_builddir)/doltcompile $(COMPILE)'
-    LTCXXCOMPILE='$(top_builddir)/doltcompile $(CXXCOMPILE)'
-
-dnl automake ignores LTCOMPILE and LTCXXCOMPILE when it has separate CFLAGS for
-dnl a target, so write out a libtool wrapper to handle that case.
-dnl Note that doltlibtool does not handle inferred tags or option arguments
-dnl without '=', because automake does not use them.
-    cat <<__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__ > doltlibtool
-#!$DOLT_BASH
-__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__
-    cat <<'__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__' >>doltlibtool
-top_builddir_slash="${0%%doltlibtool}"
-: ${top_builddir_slash:=./}
-args=()
-modeok=false
-tagok=false
-for arg in "$[]@"; do
-    case "$arg" in
-        --silent) ;;
-        --mode=compile) modeok=true ;;
-        --tag=CC|--tag=CXX) tagok=true ;;
-        *) args@<:@${#args[@]}@:>@="$arg" ;;
-    esac
-done
-if $modeok && $tagok ; then
-    . ${top_builddir_slash}doltcompile "${args@<:@@@:>@}"
-else
-    exec ${top_builddir_slash}libtool "$[]@"
-fi
-__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__
-
-dnl Done writing out doltlibtool; substitute it for libtool.
-    chmod +x doltlibtool
-    LIBTOOL='$(top_builddir)/doltlibtool'
-fi
-AC_SUBST(LTCOMPILE)
-AC_SUBST(LTCXXCOMPILE)
-# end dolt
-])