diff -Naur healpy-1.10.3/setup.py healpy-1.10.3.new/setup.py
--- healpy-1.10.3/setup.py	2016-11-08 17:15:57.000000000 +0100
+++ healpy-1.10.3.new/setup.py	2017-04-07 16:09:58.321108387 +0200
@@ -203,12 +203,7 @@
         build_clib.finalize_options(self)
         env = self.env()
 
-        for lib_name, build_info in self.libraries:
-            if 'sources' not in build_info:
-                log.info("checking if configure script for library '%s' exists", lib_name)
-                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(build_info['local_source'], 'configure')):
-                    log.info("running 'autoreconf -i' for library '%s'", lib_name)
-                    check_call(['autoreconf', '-i'], cwd=build_info['local_source'], env=env)
+        pass
 
     def build_library(self, library, pkg_config_name, local_source=None, supports_non_srcdir_builds=True):
         log.info("checking if library '%s' is installed", library)
@@ -317,12 +312,6 @@
         the 'local_sources' value are returned."""
         self.check_library_list(self.libraries)
         filenames = []
-        for (lib_name, build_info) in self.libraries:
-            sources = build_info.get('sources')
-            if sources is None or not isinstance(sources, (list, tuple)):
-                sources = list(self._list_files_recursive(build_info['local_source']))
-
-            filenames.extend(sources)
         return filenames
 
     def build_libraries(self, libraries):
@@ -412,12 +401,9 @@
       packages=['healpy','healpy.test'],
       libraries=[
           ('cfitsio', {
-           'pkg_config_name': 'cfitsio',
-           'local_source': 'cfitsio',
-           'supports_non_srcdir_builds': False}),
+           'pkg_config_name': 'cfitsio'}),
           ('healpix_cxx', {
-           'pkg_config_name': 'healpix_cxx >= 3.30.0',
-           'local_source': 'healpixsubmodule/src/cxx/autotools'})
+           'pkg_config_name': 'healpix_cxx >= 3.30.0'})
       ],
       py_modules=['healpy.pixelfunc','healpy.sphtfunc',
                   'healpy.visufunc','healpy.fitsfunc',