diff --git a/a2ps-external-libtool.patch b/a2ps-external-libtool.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b5cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a2ps-external-libtool.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a2ps-4.13/configure.external-libtool	2007-02-28 22:32:48.000000000 +0100
++++ a2ps-4.13/configure	2007-02-28 22:32:48.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2673,7 +2673,8 @@
+ LIBTOOL_DEPS="$ac_aux_dir/ltconfig $ac_aux_dir/ltmain.sh"
+ 
+ # Always use our own libtool.
+-LIBTOOL='$(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool'
++#LIBTOOL='$(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool'
++LIBTOOL='/usr/bin/libtool'
+ 
+ # Redirect the config.log output again, so that the ltconfig log is not
+ # clobbered by the next message.
diff --git a/a2ps.spec b/a2ps.spec
index 6c4ccc0..4171b72 100644
--- a/a2ps.spec
+++ b/a2ps.spec
@@ -29,15 +29,13 @@ Patch21: a2ps-4.13-malloc.patch
 Patch22: a2ps-shell.patch
 Patch23: a2ps-includes.patch
 Patch24: a2ps-underquoted.patch
-Patch25: a2ps-autoconf.patch
 Patch26: a2ps-make-fonts-map.patch
 Patch27: a2ps-netscape.patch
 Patch28: a2ps-wdiff.patch
 Patch29: a2ps-U.patch
 Patch30: a2ps-psset.patch
 Patch31: a2ps-mb.patch
-Patch32: a2ps-perl.patch
-Patch33: a2ps-build.patch
+Patch34: a2ps-external-libtool.patch
 Requires: fileutils sh-utils info
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/emacs, gperf, flex, libtool, texinfo, groff
 BuildRequires: ImageMagick
@@ -62,6 +60,10 @@ and medias.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-4.13 -a 1
+
+# use __timestamp_configure.in to hold the configure.in timestamp
+touch -r configure.in __timestamp_configure.in
+
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
@@ -108,8 +110,8 @@ and medias.
 # Fixed m4 files.
 %patch24 -p1 -b .underquoted
 
-# Fixed configure.in.
-%patch25 -p1 -b .autoconf
+# Use external libtool (bug #225235).
+%patch34 -p1 -b .external-libtool
 
 # Fix problems in make_fonts_map script (bug #142299).  Patch from
 # Michal Jaegermann.
@@ -130,27 +132,22 @@ and medias.
 # Fixed multibyte handling (bug #212154).
 %patch31 -p1 -b .mb
 
-# Make ogonkify build.
-%patch32 -p1 -b .perl
-
 # Fix reference to a2ps binary (bug #112930).
 perl -pi -e "s,/usr/local/bin,%{_bindir}," contrib/emacs/a2ps.el
-libtoolize --copy --force
-cp /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 m4/
-aclocal -I m4
-autoconf
-pushd ogonkify
-autoconf
-popd
-
-%patch33 -p1 -b .build
 
 chmod -x lib/basename.c lib/xmalloc.c
 
+# restore timestamps of patched files
+touch -r __timestamp_configure.in configure.in
+rm __timestamp_configure.in
+touch -r config.h.in.euc config.h.in
+touch -r configure.orig configure Makefile.in
+touch -r src/Makefile.am.euc src/Makefile.am
+touch -r fonts/Makefile.in src/Makefile.in etc/Makefile.in lib/Makefile.in
+
 %build
 chmod 644 {po/ja.po,encoding/euc-jp.edf,README.eucJP}.euc
 chmod 644 encoding/euc-kr.edf.euckr
-touch `find $PWD`
 EMACS=emacs %configure \
   --with-medium=_glibc \
   --enable-kanji
@@ -247,6 +244,9 @@ exit 0
 %dir %{_datadir}/a2ps
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar  8 2007 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- Use external libtool and don't run the autotools (bug #225235).
+
 * Wed Feb 28 2007 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 4.13b-61
 - Clean up tmpdir in pdiff (bug #214400).
 - Fixed permissions on C source files (bug #225235).