--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # On CentOS 6 `git rev-list HEAD --count` does not work
 #
 #
-REVISION=`git log --pretty=oneline | wc -l`
 
 if test -d "/usr/local/include"; then
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I/usr/local/include"
@@ -48,33 +47,6 @@
 
 SHORT_MACHINE=`uname -m | cut -b1-3`
 
-GIT_RELEASE="@GIT_RELEASE@"
-GIT_DATE="@GIT_DATE@"
-GIT_BRANCH="@GIT_BRANCH@"
-PRO_GIT_RELEASE="@PRO_GIT_RELEASE@"
-PRO_GIT_DATE="@PRO_GIT_DATE@"
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for nDPI)
-NDPI_HOME=./nDPI
-if test -d "$NDPI_HOME" ; then :
-   AC_MSG_RESULT(found in $NDPI_HOME)
-else
-   NDPI_HOME=../nDPI
-   if test -d "$NDPI_HOME"; then :
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(found in $NDPI_HOME)
-   else
-      NDPI_HOME=$HOME/nDPI
-      if test -d "$NDPI_HOME"; then :
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(found in $NDPI_HOME)
-      else
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-        echo "Please do cd ..; git clone https://github.com/ntop/nDPI.git; cd nDPI; ./autogen.sh; make; cd ../ntopng"
-        echo " and try again"
-        exit
-      fi
-   fi
-fi
-
 if test -d "/usr/include/openssl"; then :
  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(NO_SSL_DL, 1, [has openssl])
  SSL_INC="`pkg-config --cflags libssl` -I/usr/include/openssl"
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@
  SSL_LIB="`pkg-config --libs libssl` -lssl -lcrypto"
 fi
 
-NDPI_LIB=$NDPI_HOME/src/lib/.libs/libndpi.a
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for $NDPI_LIB)
-if test -f "$NDPI_LIB" ; then :
-  AC_MSG_RESULT(found $NDPI_LIB)
-else
-  AC_MSG_RESULT(not found $NDPI_LIB: compiling)
-  cd $NDPI_HOME; ./autogen.sh; make; cd -
-fi
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ntopng professional edition)
 PRO_MAKEFILE_INC=
 PRO_INC=