--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING([Perl LD Objs])
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([$perl_ldd])
 		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $perl_ccflags"
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $perl_ld"
+		LIBS="$LIBS $perl_ld"
 		MISSING_PERL_HEADERS=""
 		AC_CHECK_HEADERS([EXTERN.h perl.h],,HAVE_PERL="false"; MISSING_PERL_HEADERS="$ac_header $MISSING_PERL_HEADERS",[[#if HAVE_EXTERN_H
 		#include <EXTERN.h>
@@ -141,13 +141,6 @@
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BNLS],[test "$want_nls" = "yes"])
 
-dnl Check if config directory exists.
-if test ! -d $HOME/.dbhub; then
-   echo "creating config directory: $HOME/.dbhub"
-   mkdir $HOME/.dbhub
-   chmod 700 $HOME/.dbhub;
-fi
-
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile)
 
 echo -e  "\n\e@<:@1m-------------------------------------------------\e@<:@0m"