diff --git a/lib/erl/src/Makefile.am b/lib/erl/src/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d6fcdb..0000000
--- a/lib/erl/src/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Application version
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-APP_NAME=$(PACKAGE_NAME)
-VSN=$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# FLAGS
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-ERL_FLAGS =
-ERL_INCLUDE = -I../include
-ERL_BEHAV_PATH = -pz ../ebin
-ERL_COMPILE_FLAGS = $(ERL_INCLUDE) $(ERL_BEHAV_PATH)
-
-EBIN ?= ../ebin
-ESRC ?= .
-EMULATOR = beam
-
-ERLC_WFLAGS = -W
-ERLC = erlc $(ERLC_WFLAGS) $(ERLC_FLAGS)
-ERL = erl -boot start_clean
-
-$(EBIN)/%.beam: $(ESRC)/%.erl
-	@echo "   ERLC  $<"
-	@$(ERLC) $(ERL_FLAGS) $(ERL_COMPILE_FLAGS) -o$(EBIN) $<
-
-.erl.beam:
-	$(ERLC) $(ERL_FLAGS) $(ERL_COMPILE_FLAGS) -o$(dir $@) $<
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Target Specs
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-MODULES = $(shell find . -name \*.erl | sed 's:^\./::' | sed 's/\.erl//')
-MODULES_STRING_LIST = $(shell find . -name \*.erl | sed 's:^\./::' | sed 's/\.erl/,/')
-BEHAV_MODULES = $(shell find . -name \*.erl | xargs grep -l behaviour_info | sed 's:^\./::' | sed 's/\.erl//')
-
-ERL_FILES= $(MODULES:%=%.erl)
-DOC_FILES=$(ERL_FILES)
-
-APP_FILE= $(APP_NAME).app
-APP_SRC= $(APP_FILE).src
-APP_TARGET= $(EBIN)/$(APP_FILE)
-
-BEAMS= $(MODULES:%=$(EBIN)/%.$(EMULATOR))
-BEHAV_BEAMS= $(BEHAV_MODULES:%=$(EBIN)/%.$(EMULATOR))
-TARGET_FILES= $(BEHAV_BEAMS) $(BEAMS) $(APP_TARGET) $(APPUP_TARGET)
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Targets
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-all debug opt: $(EBIN) $(TARGET_FILES)
-
-# Note: In the open-source build clean must not destroy the preloaded
-# beam files.
-clean:
-	rm -f $(TARGET_FILES)
-	rm -f *~
-	rm -f core
-	rm -rf $(EBIN)
-	rm -rf *html
-
-$(EBIN):
-	mkdir $(EBIN)
-
-dialyzer: $(TARGET_FILES)
-	dialyzer --src -r . $(ERL_INCLUDE)
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Special Build Targets
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-$(APP_TARGET): $(APP_SRC) $(BEAMS)
-	sed -e 's;%VSN%;$(VSN);' \
-		-e 's;%APP_NAME%;$(APP_NAME);' \
-		-e 's;%MODULES%;%MODULES%$(MODULES_STRING_LIST);' \
-		$< > $<".tmp"
-	sed -e 's/%MODULES%\(.*\),/\1/' \
-		$<".tmp" > $@
-	rm $<".tmp"
diff --git a/lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src b/lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src.in
similarity index 96%
rename from lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src
rename to lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src.in
index ebe38d3..176c4c1 100644
--- a/lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src
+++ b/lib/erl/src/thrift.app.src.in
@@ -17,17 +17,16 @@
 %% under the License.
 %%
 %%% -*- mode:erlang -*-
-{application, %APP_NAME%,
+{application, @PACKAGE_NAME@,
  [
   % A quick description of the application.
   {description, "Thrift bindings"},
 
   % The version of the applicaton
-  {vsn, "%VSN%"},
+  {vsn, "@PACKAGE_VERSION@"},
 
   % All modules used by the application.
   {modules, [
-       %MODULES%
    ]},
 
   % All of the registered names the application uses. This can be ignored.