diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 732a72c..121e90a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 # Automake requirements
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 1.11 dist-xz
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 1.10
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I build-aux
 
 PACKAGE=smalltalk
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e45cda3..6a66275 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dnl with this software.
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 dnl 2.63 needed by testsuite, actually
-AC_PREREQ(2.63)
+AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_INIT([GNU Smalltalk], 3.2.90, help-smalltalk@gnu.org, smalltalk,
         [http://smalltalk.gnu.org/])
 MAINTAINER="bonzini@gnu.org"