diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e9880857e..1ff5f2307 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ AC_SUBST(ISODATE)
 
 AC_LANG_C
 
-if test "x${CFLAGS-unset}" = xunset; then
-	CFLAGS=""
-fi
-if test "$x{AR-unset}" = xunset; then
-	AR="ar"
-fi
-export AR
-
 endian=""
 case "$host_os" in
 	mingw32*)
@@ -2274,16 +2266,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT(
 	RPM/quakeforge.spec,
 
 	chmod +x RPM/build_rpm
-	if test -n "$AR" -a "$AR" != "ar"; then
-		sed -e 's/^AR="ar"$/AR="'$AR'"/' libtool > libtool.qf
-		if cmp -s libtool.qf libtool; then
-			echo libtool is unchanged
-			rm -f libtool.qf
-		else
-			rm -f libtool
-			mv libtool.qf libtool
-		fi
-	fi
 )
 
 if test "x$CCVER" = "x"; then
diff --git a/qw/source/cl_ents.c b/qw/source/cl_ents.c
index 2edba69e4..23d7a49af 100644
--- a/qw/source/cl_ents.c
+++ b/qw/source/cl_ents.c
@@ -284,12 +284,6 @@ FlushEntityPacket (void)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-	CL_ParsePacketEntities
-
-	An svc_packetentities has just been parsed, deal with the
-	rest of the data stream.
-*/
 void
 CL_ParsePacketEntities (qboolean delta)
 {