diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d3f031fcd2..33292f1716 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+Previous Authors:
 Peter Johanson <peter@peterjohanson.com>
 Aaron Bockover <aaron@abock.org>
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 04d3dcfd36..8ddc26c037 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ INSTALLATION
 ------------
 
 To build gstreamer-sharp, you must have a subversion checkout of 
-gtk-sharp-2.0 and apply the gapi-fixup patch and install gapi-fixup:
+gtk-sharp-2.0:
 
   $ cd ~/cvs/mono
   $ svn co svn://svn.myrealbox.com/source/trunk/gtk-sharp
   $ cd gtk-sharp
-  $ patch -p0 < ~/cvs/mono/gstreamer-sharp/gtk-sharp-gapi-fixup.diff
-  $ ./bootstrap-2.8 --prefix=/usr
+  $ ./bootstrap-2.14 --prefix=/usr
   $ cd parser
   $ make
   $ sudo make install
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 924236a651..e5e8fb256f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gstreamer-sharp, 0.9.5.99)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(readme, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-readme], [This must be passed to configure indicating you have fully read and understand README]), readme_understanding="yes", readme_understanding="no")
-
-if test ! "x$readme_understanding" = "xyes"; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([You must pass --with-readme to indicate you have read and fully understand the implications in the README file])
-fi
-
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 PACKAGE_VERSION=gstreamer-sharp-0.10