diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 4e7cc05373f..65286b93530 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-autoreconf -if
+set -e
+autoreconf -if --warnings=all
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c22669002ce..5b256dda4a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ LT_INIT
 dnl make the compilation flags quiet unless V=1 is used
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
-AC_PROG_CC
-AC_PROG_CPP
-AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_PROG_SED
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 AC_PATH_TOOL(AR, ar)
@@ -130,15 +126,15 @@ else
 fi
 if test x"$has_libcrypto" == x"yes" && test x"$has_openssl_ec" = x; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for EC functions in libcrypto)
-  AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
     #include <openssl/ec.h>
     #include <openssl/ecdsa.h>
-    #include <openssl/obj_mac.h>],[
+    #include <openssl/obj_mac.h>]],[[
     EC_KEY *eckey = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(NID_secp256k1);
     ECDSA_sign(0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, eckey);
     ECDSA_verify(0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, eckey);
     EC_KEY_free(eckey);
-  ],[has_openssl_ec=yes], [has_openssl_ec=no])
+  ]])],[has_openssl_ec=yes],[has_openssl_ec=no])
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$has_openssl_ec])
 fi
 ])