diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 570d27bea2..e8dceb0b0f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -340,13 +340,22 @@ afsd: cmd comerr sys kauth @CLIENT_UAFS_DEP@
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} afsd ${COMPILE_PART2}
 
 gtx: cmd comerr auth kauth
-	+${COMPILE_PART1} gtx ${COMPILE_PART2}
+	+set -x; \
+	if test "@LIB_curses@"; then \
+		${COMPILE_PART1} gtx ${COMPILE_PART2} ; \
+	else \
+		echo Not building gtx, because no curses-headers found. ; \
+	fi
 
 fsprobe: cmd comerr util fsint volser
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} fsprobe ${COMPILE_PART2}
 
 scout: cmd comerr gtx fsprobe
-	+${COMPILE_PART1} scout ${COMPILE_PART2}
+	if test "@LIB_curses@"; then \
+		${COMPILE_PART1} scout ${COMPILE_PART2} ; \
+	else \
+		echo Not building scout, because no curses-headers found. ; \
+	fi
 
 uss: des kauth cmd comerr rx vlserver vol volser
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} uss ${COMPILE_PART2}
@@ -555,7 +564,12 @@ xstat: cmd comerr fsint viced
 	+${COMPILE_PART1} xstat ${COMPILE_PART2}
 
 afsmonitor: cmd comerr gtx xstat
-	+${COMPILE_PART1} afsmonitor ${COMPILE_PART2}
+	+set -x; \
+	if test "@LIB_curses@"; then \
+		${COMPILE_PART1} afsmonitor ${COMPILE_PART2} ; \
+	else \
+		echo Not building afsmonitor, because no curses-headers found. ; \
+	fi
 
 tests: rxtests ubiktests rpctestlib
 
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 0d99559f86..3b22c2fa7a 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1212,6 +1212,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(windows.h direct.h sys/ipc.h sys/resource.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(security/pam_modules.h ucontext.h regex.h sys/statvfs.h sys/statfs.h sys/bitypes.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/errqueue.h,,,[#include <linux/types.h>])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(et/com_err.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h curses.h)
 
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([fsblkcnt_t],,,[
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -1226,6 +1227,14 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPES([fsblkcnt_t],,,[
 #endif
 ])
 
+dnl check for curses-lib
+save_LIBS=$LIBS
+AC_CHECK_LIB( [ncurses], [setupterm],
+[LIB_curses=-lncurses],
+[AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [setupterm], [LIB_curses=-lcurses])])
+LIBS=$save_LIBS
+AC_SUBST(LIB_curses)
+
 OPENAFS_TEST_PACKAGE(libintl,[#include <libintl.h>],[-lintl],,,INTL)
 
 dnl Don't build PAM on IRIX; the interface doesn't work for us.
@@ -1441,3 +1450,17 @@ struct labeltest struct_labeltest = {
 ])
 
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([SUMMARY], [
+    # Print a configuration summary
+echo 
+echo "**************************************"
+echo configure summary
+echo
+AS_IF([test $LIB_curses],[
+echo "LIB_curses :                $LIB_curses" ],[
+echo "XXX LIB_curses  not found! not building scout and afsmonitor!"
+])
+echo 
+echo "**************************************"
+])
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index df8bf56359..cbbf347dc7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -240,3 +240,6 @@ tests/util/Makefile,
 
 [chmod a+x src/config/shlib-build
  chmod a+x src/config/shlib-install])
+
+# print a final summary
+SUMMARY
diff --git a/src/afsmonitor/Makefile.in b/src/afsmonitor/Makefile.in
index 70661ae7fe..c41cf412e3 100644
--- a/src/afsmonitor/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/afsmonitor/Makefile.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LIBS=${TOP_LIBDIR}/libxstat_fs.a \
 	${TOP_LIBDIR}/libsys.a \
 	${TOP_LIBDIR}/util.a
 
-EXTRA_LIBS=${TXLIBS} ${XLIBS}
+EXTRA_LIBS=${LIB_curses} ${XLIBS}
 
 all: afsmonitor
 
diff --git a/src/cf/osconf.m4 b/src/cf/osconf.m4
index 755ac321ea..32fef3d397 100644
--- a/src/cf/osconf.m4
+++ b/src/cf/osconf.m4
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		DBG="-g3"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_REENTRANT=1 -pthread -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-pthread -lpthread -lmach -lexc -lc"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_NO_PROTO -DOSF"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${CC} -all -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\""
 		;;
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		CSTATIC="-non_shared"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_REENTRANT=1 -pthread -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-pthread -lpthread -lmach -lexc -lc"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_NO_PROTO -DOSF"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${CC} -all -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\""
 		;;
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		LWP_OPTMZ="-O2"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_REENTRANT=1 -pthread -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-pthread -lpthread -lmach -lexc -lc"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_NO_PROTO -DOSF"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${CC} -all -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\""
 		;;
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -114,7 +109,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -128,7 +122,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -142,7 +135,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -166,7 +158,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		RM="/bin/rm"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-b -Bsymbolic"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="sl"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib/libHcurses.a"
 		VFSCK_CFLAGS="-D_FILE64"
 		XCFLAGS0="-ldld -lc -Wp,-H200000 -Wl,-a,archive -DAUTH_DBM_LOG +z -Wl,+k -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		XCFLAGS64="${XCFLAGS0} +DA2.0W"
@@ -195,7 +186,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		RM="/bin/rm"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-b -Bsymbolic"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="sl"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib/libHcurses.a"
 		VFSCK_CFLAGS="-I/usr/old/usr/include -D_FILE64"
 		XCFLAGS0="-ldld -lc -Wp,-H200000 -Wl,-a,archive -DAUTH_DBM_LOG +z -Wl,+k -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		XCFLAGS64="${XCFLAGS0} +DA2.0W"
@@ -226,7 +216,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		RM="/bin/rm"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-b -Bsymbolic"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="sl"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib/hpux32/libcurses.so"
 		VFSCK_CFLAGS="-I/usr/old/usr/include -D_FILE64"
 		XCFLAGS0="-ldld -lc -Wp,-H200000 -Wl,-a,archive_shared -DAUTH_DBM_LOG +z -Wl,+k -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		XCFLAGS64="${XCFLAGS0} +DD64"
@@ -244,7 +233,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-pipe -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-pipe"
 		;;
 
@@ -255,7 +243,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-pipe -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-pipe"
 		;;
 
@@ -265,7 +252,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fPIC"
 		;;
 
@@ -277,7 +263,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-pipe"
 		;;
 
@@ -288,7 +273,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-pipe -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib/libcurses.so"
 		XCFLAGS="-pipe"
 		;;
 
@@ -300,7 +284,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -G0"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -314,7 +297,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -327,7 +309,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib64/libncurses.so"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -340,7 +321,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -353,7 +333,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -370,7 +349,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -388,7 +366,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -406,7 +383,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -422,7 +398,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
-		TXLIBS="/usr/lib/libcurses.a"
 		XCFLAGS=
 		;;
 
@@ -434,7 +409,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -450,7 +424,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		LWP_OPTMZ="-O2"
 		REGEX_OBJ="regex.o"
 		XCFLAGS="-no-cpp-precomp"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		EXTRA_VLIBOBJS="fstab.o"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -dynamiclib"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="dylib"
@@ -469,7 +442,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		LWP_OPTMZ="-Os"
 		OPTMZ="-Os"
 		REGEX_OBJ="regex.o"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		EXTRA_VLIBOBJS="fstab.o"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -dynamiclib"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="dylib"
@@ -487,7 +459,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		LWP_OPTMZ="-Os"
 		OPTMZ="-Os"
 		REGEX_OBJ="regex.o"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		EXTRA_VLIBOBJS="fstab.o"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -dynamiclib"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="dylib"
@@ -507,7 +478,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		OPTMZ="-Os"
 		PAM_LIBS="-lpam"
 		REGEX_OBJ="regex.o"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		EXTRA_VLIBOBJS="fstab.o"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -dynamiclib"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="dylib"
@@ -523,7 +493,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -537,7 +506,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthreads"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="o"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-K -D_NONSTD_TYPES -D_MBI=void"
 		XLIBS="${LIB_AFSDB} ${LIB_libintl} -ldl"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -bM:SRE -berok"
@@ -555,7 +523,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthreads"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="o"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-K -D_NONSTD_TYPES -D_MBI=void"
 		XLIBS="${LIB_AFSDB} ${LIB_libintl} -ldl"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -bM:SRE -berok"
@@ -572,7 +539,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthreads"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="o"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-K -D_NONSTD_TYPES -D_MBI=void"
 		XLIBS="${LIB_AFSDB} ${LIB_libintl} -ldl"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -bM:SRE -berok"
@@ -589,7 +555,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthreads"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="o"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-K -D_NONSTD_TYPES -D_MBI=void"
 		XLIBS="${LIB_AFSDB} ${LIB_libintl} -ldl"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -bM:SRE -berok"
@@ -606,7 +571,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthreads"
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX="o"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-K -D_NONSTD_TYPES -D_MBI=void"
 		XLIBS="${LIB_AFSDB} ${LIB_libintl} -ldl"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -bM:SRE -berok"
@@ -624,7 +588,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		OPTMZ=-O
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
@@ -640,7 +603,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
 		;;
@@ -656,7 +618,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x -Xlinker -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		OPTMZ=-O
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D__s390x__"
 		SHLIB_LINKER="${MT_CC} -shared"
@@ -670,7 +631,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		FSINCLUDES="-I/usr/include/sys/fs"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_SGI_MP_SOURCE -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthread"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64="-64 -mips3"
 		XCFLAGS="-o32"
 		XLDFLAGS64="-64"
@@ -686,7 +646,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		FSINCLUDES="-I/usr/include/sys/fs"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_SGI_MP_SOURCE -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthread"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64="-D_BSD_COMPAT -64 -mips3"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_OLD_TERMIOS -D_BSD_COMPAT -o32"
 		XLDFLAGS64="-64"
@@ -702,7 +661,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		FSINCLUDES="-I/usr/include/sys/fs"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_SGI_MP_SOURCE -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthread"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64="-D_BSD_COMPAT -64 -mips3"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_OLD_TERMIOS -D_BSD_COMPAT -n32 -woff 1009,1014,1110,1116,1164,1169,1171,1174,1177,1183,1185,1204,1233,1515,1516,1548,1169,1174,1177,1196,1498,1506,1552,3201 -Wl,-woff,84,-woff,15"
 		XLDFLAGS64="-64"
@@ -719,7 +677,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CC="/usr/bin/cc"
 		MT_CFLAGS='-D_SGI_MP_SOURCE -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthread"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64="-64 -mips3"
 		XCFLAGS="-n32 -mips3 -woff 1009,1014,1110,1116,1164,1171,1177,1183,1185,1204,1233,1515,1516,1548,1169,1174,1177,1196,1498,1506,1552,3201 -Wl,-woff,84,-woff,15"
 		XLDFLAGS64="-64 -mips3"
@@ -735,7 +692,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_CFLAGS="-Dlinux -DLINUX_PAM -fPIC"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-shared -Xlinker -x"
-		TXLIBS="-lncurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 		XCFLAGS64="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -m64"
 		XLDFLAGS64="-m64"
@@ -747,7 +703,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		CC="gcc"
 		CCOBJ="gcc"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-PIC"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses -ltermcap"
 		XCFLAGS=""
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
 		XLIBKVM="-lkvm"
@@ -762,7 +717,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		MT_CFLAGS='-mt -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV ${XCFLAGS}'
 		MT_LIBS="-lpthread -lsocket"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
 		XLIBKVM="-lkvm"
@@ -782,7 +736,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-L/usr/ccs/lib -lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
 		LD="/usr/ccs/bin/ld"
@@ -803,7 +756,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=v9'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -824,7 +776,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=v9'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -845,7 +796,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=v9'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -866,7 +816,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -m64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -887,7 +836,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=v9'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -908,7 +856,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=amd64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -928,7 +875,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=amd64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -948,7 +894,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=amd64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -968,7 +913,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -m64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -988,7 +932,6 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in
 		PAM_LIBS="-lc -lpam -lsocket -lnsl -lm"
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
 		SHLIB_LDFLAGS="-G -Bsymbolic"
-		TXLIBS="-lcurses"
 		XCFLAGS64='${XCFLAGS} -xarch=amd64'
 		XCFLAGS="-dy -Bdynamic"
 		XLIBELFA="-lelf"
@@ -1117,7 +1060,6 @@ AC_SUBST(SHLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SHLIB_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SHLIB_LINKER)
 AC_SUBST(SHLIB_SUFFIX)
-AC_SUBST(TXLIBS)
 AC_SUBST(VFSCK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(XCFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_NOERROR)
diff --git a/src/config/Makefile.config.in b/src/config/Makefile.config.in
index 24e16fdfb1..5a6ea7c6e7 100644
--- a/src/config/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/src/config/Makefile.config.in
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ LD = @LD@
 LEX = @LEX@
 LIB_AFSDB = @LIB_AFSDB@
 LIB_crypt = @LIB_crypt@
+LIB_curses = @LIB_curses@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 LIB_LIBINTL = @LIB_libintl@
 LINUX_KERNEL_PATH = @LINUX_KERNEL_PATH@
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ TOP_LIBDIR = @TOP_LIBDIR@
 TOP_JLIBDIR= @TOP_JLIBDIR@
 TOP_OBJDIR = @TOP_OBJDIR@
 TOP_SRCDIR = @TOP_SRCDIR@
-TXLIBS = @TXLIBS@
 VPATH = ${srcdir}
 XCFLAGS64 = @XCFLAGS64@
 XCFLAGS = @XCFLAGS@
diff --git a/src/gtx/Makefile.in b/src/gtx/Makefile.in
index 8762a946b6..d0a8f0c0d1 100644
--- a/src/gtx/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/gtx/Makefile.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ LIBS=\
 	${TOP_LIBDIR}/libcom_err.a \
 	${TOP_LIBDIR}/util.a
 
-EXTRA_LIBS=${TXLIBS} ${XLIBS}
+EXTRA_LIBS=${LIB_curses} ${XLIBS}
 
 KEYMAP_SRCS=keymap.c input.c frame.c
 
diff --git a/src/gtx/curses_test.c b/src/gtx/curses_test.c
index d555ae5246..2255ff4b30 100644
--- a/src/gtx/curses_test.c
+++ b/src/gtx/curses_test.c
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
 #include <afsconfig.h>
 #include <afs/param.h>
 
-
-#if defined(AFS_HPUX110_ENV) && !defined(__HP_CURSES)
-#define __HP_CURSES
+#if defined(HAVE_NCURSES_H)
+# include <ncurses.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_CURSES_H)
+# include <curses.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <curses.h>
-
 #include "AFS_component_version_number.c"
 
 main(argc, argv)
diff --git a/src/gtx/curseswindows.c b/src/gtx/curseswindows.c
index e1796d5c65..1d28040137 100644
--- a/src/gtx/curseswindows.c
+++ b/src/gtx/curseswindows.c
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
 
 
 
-#if defined(AFS_HPUX110_ENV) && !defined(__HP_CURSES)
-#define __HP_CURSES
-#endif
-
-#ifndef	AFS_SUN5_ENV
-#include <curses.h>		/*Curses library */
-#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #if !defined(AFS_SUN5_ENV) && !defined(AFS_LINUX20_ENV) && !defined(AFS_FBSD80_ENV)
diff --git a/src/gtx/gtxcurseswin.h b/src/gtx/gtxcurseswin.h
index 096a3f6721..a60f05c725 100644
--- a/src/gtx/gtxcurseswin.h
+++ b/src/gtx/gtxcurseswin.h
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 #define	__gator_curseswindows_h  1
 
 #include "gtxwindows.h"		/*Base gator window dfns */
-#if defined(AFS_HPUX110_ENV) && !defined(__HP_CURSES)
-#define __HP_CURSES
-#endif
-#ifdef AFS_LINUX20_ENV
-#include <ncurses.h>		/*Curses library */
-#else
-#include <curses.h>		/*Curses library */
+
+#if defined(HAVE_NCURSES_H)
+# include <ncurses.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_CURSES_H)
+# include <curses.h>
 #endif
 
 /*Value for gwin w_type field*/
diff --git a/src/scout/Makefile.in b/src/scout/Makefile.in
index acfd43c309..8302d93d57 100644
--- a/src/scout/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/scout/Makefile.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ all: scout
 scout.o: scout.c ${INCLS} AFS_component_version_number.c
 
 scout: scout.o $(LIBS)
-	${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -o scout scout.o $(LIBS) ${TXLIBS} ${XLIBS}
+	${CC} ${LDFLAGS} -o scout scout.o $(LIBS) ${LIB_curses} ${XLIBS}
 
 #
 # Installation targets