diff --git a/common b/common
index 1de7f6ab2d..6aec6b9716 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1de7f6ab2d4bc1af69f06079cf0f4e2cbbfdc178
+Subproject commit 6aec6b9716c184c60c4bc6a5916a2471cfa8c8cd
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d940fe01e..a7e2fad108 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
 GST_MAJORMINOR=0.11
 AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
 
+AG_GST_LIBTOOL_PREPARE
+
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
@@ -77,9 +79,6 @@ dnl find a compiler
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
 
-# FIXME: is this line needed?
-AS="${CC}"
-
 dnl check if the compiler supports '-c' and '-o' options
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
 dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
-GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc\$\$' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
+GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc.*' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl Add MacOSX specific flags