diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4399812..c2eef31 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess config.h.in \
 
 SUBDIRS = src po
 
-EDJE_CC = @edje_cc@
 EDJE_FLAGS = -v \
 -id $(top_srcdir)/images \
 -fd $(top_srcdir)/fonts
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1497c6e..94e6036 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -26,15 +26,7 @@ MODULE_ARCH="$host_os-$host_cpu"
 AC_SUBST(MODULE_ARCH)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MODULE_ARCH, "$MODULE_ARCH", "Module architecture")
 
-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]),