diff --git a/m4/ag_common.m4 b/m4/ag_common.m4
index 99b0711be19298b13d03f4e8b8e7b698173074e9..d3f25e68fa7f08f67bac48e6ddc6397f7a96b28c 100644
--- a/m4/ag_common.m4
+++ b/m4/ag_common.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 AC_DEFUN([AG_COMMON_CHECKS],[
-    AC_REQUIRE([ AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([>= '2.5']) ])
-    AC_REQUIRE([ AX_BOOST_BASE() ])
-    AC_REQUIRE([ AX_BOOST_SERIALIZATION() ])
+    AC_REQUIRE([AX_PYTHON_DEVEL])
+    AC_REQUIRE([AX_BOOST_BASE])
+    AC_REQUIRE([AX_BOOST_SERIALIZATION])
+	
 ])