diff --git fvwm-clean/configure.ac fvwm-workdir/configure.ac
index 23fa0b8..e785e5a 100644
--- fvwm-clean/configure.ac
+++ fvwm-workdir/configure.ac
@@ -1244,15 +1244,16 @@ fi
 
 # check for mkstemp, see the discution on this subject on the fvwm workers
 # list (2001-02-16 and 2001-02-24)
-AM_SAFETY_CHECK_MKSTEMP
+#AM_SAFETY_CHECK_MKSTEMP
 
 # Define some compatibility macros needed for config.h.
-mg_DEFINE_IF_NOT([#include <X11/keysym.h>],
-  [defined XK_Page_Up && defined XK_Page_Down],
-  [COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF], [$X_CFLAGS],
-  [Old AIX systems (3.2.5) don't define some common keysyms.])
-AH_VERBATIM([_COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF],
-[#ifdef COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF
+#mg_DEFINE_IF_NOT([#include <X11/keysym.h>],
+#  [defined XK_Page_Up && defined XK_Page_Down],
+#  [COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF], [$X_CFLAGS],
+# well I'm not running AIX so........
+#  [Old AIX systems (3.2.5) don't define some common keysyms.])
+#AH_VERBATIM([_COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF],
+#[#ifdef COMPAT_OLD_KEYSYMDEF
 #  define XK_Page_Up   XK_Prior
 #  define XK_Page_Down XK_Next
 #endif])
@@ -1514,4 +1515,4 @@ Fvwm3 Configuration:
   Build man pages?                    $with_mandoc$problem_mandoc
   Build html man pages?               $with_htmldoc$problem_htmldoc
 
-"
\ No newline at end of file
+"
diff --git fvwm-clean/fvwm/fvwm3.c fvwm-workdir/fvwm/fvwm3.c
index 2265fd4..7f489ab 100644
--- fvwm-clean/fvwm/fvwm3.c
+++ fvwm-workdir/fvwm/fvwm3.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	g_argv[g_argc] = NULL;
 
 	FlocaleInit(LC_CTYPE, "", "", "fvwm");
-	FGettextInit("fvwm", LOCALEDIR, "fvwm");
+	//FGettextInit("fvwm", LOCALEDIR, "fvwm");
 
 	setVersionInfo();
 	/* Put the default module directory into the environment so it can be
@@ -2397,4 +2397,4 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	exit(0);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git fvwm-clean/libs/Ficonv.h fvwm-workdir/libs/Ficonv.h
index 3f7e5ec..9a4a40a 100644
--- fvwm-clean/libs/Ficonv.h
+++ fvwm-workdir/libs/Ficonv.h
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 /* ---------------------------- global definitions ------------------------- */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-#define FiconvSupport 1
-#else
+//#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
+//#define FiconvSupport 1
+//#else
 #define FiconvSupport 0
-#endif
+//#endif
 
 #if FiconvSupport