diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b920653..c169059 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -27,15 +27,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MODULE_ARCH)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MODULE_ARCH, "$MODULE_ARCH", "Module architecture")
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MODULE_VERSION, "$VERSION", "Module version")
 
-edje_cc="$(pkg-config --variable=prefix edje)/bin/edje_cc"
-AC_ARG_WITH(edje-cc,
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-edje-cc=PATH], [specify a specific path to edje_cc]),
-  [
-    edje_cc=$withval;
-    echo "  Enlightenment edje_cc explicitly set to "$edje_cc;
-  ]
-)
-AC_SUBST(edje_cc)
+AC_PATH_PROG(EDJE_CC, "edje_cc", "", $PATH)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(enlightenment-config,
   AS_HELP_STRING([--with-enlightenment-config=E_CONFIG], [use enlightenment-config specified]),
diff --git a/data/theme/Makefile.am b/data/theme/Makefile.am
index 79e2c96..7985601 100644
--- a/data/theme/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/theme/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
-EDJE_CC = @edje_cc@
 EDJE_FLAGS = -v \
 	-id $(top_srcdir)/data/theme/images \
 	-fd $(top_srcdir)/data/theme/fonts