diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d77ea086..a8d503e9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -969,8 +969,6 @@ irssi-config)
 dnl ** for building from objdir
 old_dir=`pwd` && cd $srcdir && whole_dir=`pwd` && cd $old_dir
 if test "x$old_dir" != "x$whole_dir"; then
-	$LN_S $srcdir/irssi-version.h irssi-version.h
-
 	if test "x$want_perl" != "xno"; then
 		subdirfiles=""
 		for i in $whole_dir/src/perl/common $whole_dir/src/perl/irc $whole_dir/src/perl/ui $whole_dir/src/perl/textui; do
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index fcc4df86..085125a5 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_PORT 6667
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "../config.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>