diff --git a/SRC/INSTALL b/SRC/INSTALL
index 67ee4e4..99c8123 100644
--- a/SRC/INSTALL
+++ b/SRC/INSTALL
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ echoping in 32bits. With gcc:
 CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure --config-cache
 make
 
-If you get a:
-
-checking size of int... configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (int)
-
-it probably means configure's test programs cannot find libpopt (read
-config.log if you want a confirmation). Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include
-the directory where libpopt resides (it is not necessary to run
-echoping, just for the compilation).
-
 Standard "autoconf/configure" options are supported such as --prefix
 to set the installation root directory.
 
diff --git a/SRC/configure-common.ac b/SRC/configure-common.ac
index 76393b7..0bea579 100644
--- a/SRC/configure-common.ac
+++ b/SRC/configure-common.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl $Id$
-AC_INIT(echoping, 6.0.1, bortz@users.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(echoping, 6.1-BETA, bortz@users.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_PROG_CC(cc gcc)
 AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
diff --git a/SRC/configure.ac b/SRC/configure.ac
index eda8aed..6b79f45 100644
--- a/SRC/configure.ac
+++ b/SRC/configure.ac
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ m4_include(configure-common.ac)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
+dnl Checking size of ints, we often need it for binary protocols like ICP
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
+
 dnl User options
 dnl http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake-prs/2001-q3/msg00033.html
 max_iterations_specified=0
@@ -174,10 +178,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlopen, ,
    [AC_CHECK_LIB(dl,dlopen, ,
        [AC_MSG_ERROR([echoping requires dlopen (dynamic loading of libraries) for plugins])])])
 
-dnl Checking size of ints, we often need it for binary protocols like ICP
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
-
 if test "$LIBIDN" = "1"; then
 CF_LIB_LIBIDN
 fi