-### Check for programs
-AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
-AC_PROG_INSTALL
-
-AC_PROG_AWK
-test "$AWK" = gawk && AWK="gawk --posix"
-
-#AC_PROG_RANLIB
-AC_CHECK_PROG(KPSEWHICH, kpsewhich, kpsewhich, :)
-if test "x$KPSEWHICH" = xkpsewhich ; then
- AC_DEFINE(HAVE_KPSEWHICH, 1,
- [Define this if you have the kpsewhich program working on your system.])
-fi
-AC_CHECK_PROGS(M4, gm4 gnum4 m4, m4)
-
-# Check for installed python
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.3,, :)
-
-# Work around a problem in automake 1.4: when invoking install-strip,
-# INSTALL_PROGRAM is changed to 'install -s', and since
-# INSTALL_SCRIPT==INSTALL_PROGRAM, we get errors with fileutils-4.0
-# which returns an error condition when stripping fails.
-INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
-
-### we will also need a C compiler to compile GNU gettext
-AC_PROG_CC
-
-### check for special systems
-AC_ISC_POSIX
-AC_AIX
-
-### we need to know the byte order for unicode conversions
-AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+# Find a suitable python interpreter
+LYX_PATH_PYTHON23([2.7.0], [3.5.0])
+# do the usual python setup stuff
+AM_PATH_PYTHON