diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e06ab5fb145e139aa89d8e6f9ef3d0cc40e30057..8c3db9caee3496682679efd665041aed9ee6bd63 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ LT_INIT([dlopen win32-dll shared disable-static])
 dnl Define C++ as default language
 LT_LANG(C++)
 
-DOLT
-
 lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
 
 dnl Check for C++17 support
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index f3279f2b76eae35d782c6e95846f9fe369fa7100..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,285 +0,0 @@
-# ===========================================================================
-#       http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_base.html
-# ===========================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_BOOST_BASE([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Test for the Boost C++ libraries of a particular version (or newer)
-#
-#   If no path to the installed boost library is given the macro searchs
-#   under /usr, /usr/local, /opt and /opt/local and evaluates the
-#   $BOOST_ROOT environment variable. Further documentation is available at
-#   <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
-#
-#   This macro calls:
-#
-#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) / AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
-#
-#   And sets:
-#
-#     HAVE_BOOST
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Peter Adolphs
-#
-#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
-#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
-#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
-#   warranty.
-
-#serial 26
-
-AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_BASE],
-[
-AC_ARG_WITH([boost],
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost@<:@=ARG@:>@],
-    [use Boost library from a standard location (ARG=yes),
-     from the specified location (ARG=<path>),
-     or disable it (ARG=no)
-     @<:@ARG=yes@:>@ ])],
-    [
-    if test "$withval" = "no"; then
-        want_boost="no"
-    elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
-        want_boost="yes"
-        ac_boost_path=""
-    else
-        want_boost="yes"
-        ac_boost_path="$withval"
-    fi
-    ],
-    [want_boost="yes"])
-
-
-AC_ARG_WITH([boost-libdir],
-        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-libdir=LIB_DIR],
-        [Force given directory for boost libraries. Note that this will override library path detection, so use this parameter only if default library detection fails and you know exactly where your boost libraries are located.]),
-        [
-        if test -d "$withval"
-        then
-                ac_boost_lib_path="$withval"
-        else
-                AC_MSG_ERROR(--with-boost-libdir expected directory name)
-        fi
-        ],
-        [ac_boost_lib_path=""]
-)
-
-if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
-    boost_lib_version_req=ifelse([$1], ,1.20.0,$1)
-    boost_lib_version_req_shorten=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
-    boost_lib_version_req_major=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-    boost_lib_version_req_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-    boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-    if test "x$boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor" = "x" ; then
-        boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor="0"
-        fi
-    WANT_BOOST_VERSION=`expr $boost_lib_version_req_major \* 100000 \+  $boost_lib_version_req_minor \* 100 \+ $boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor`
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for boostlib >= $boost_lib_version_req)
-    succeeded=no
-
-    dnl On 64-bit systems check for system libraries in both lib64 and lib.
-    dnl The former is specified by FHS, but e.g. Debian does not adhere to
-    dnl this (as it rises problems for generic multi-arch support).
-    dnl The last entry in the list is chosen by default when no libraries
-    dnl are found, e.g. when only header-only libraries are installed!
-    libsubdirs="lib"
-    ax_arch=`uname -m`
-    case $ax_arch in
-      x86_64)
-        libsubdirs="lib64 libx32 lib lib64"
-        ;;
-      ppc64|s390x|sparc64|aarch64|ppc64le)
-        libsubdirs="lib64 lib lib64 ppc64le"
-        ;;
-    esac
-
-    dnl allow for real multi-arch paths e.g. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. Give
-    dnl them priority over the other paths since, if libs are found there, they
-    dnl are almost assuredly the ones desired.
-    AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
-    libsubdirs="lib/${host_cpu}-${host_os} $libsubdirs"
-
-    case ${host_cpu} in
-      i?86)
-        libsubdirs="lib/i386-${host_os} $libsubdirs"
-        ;;
-    esac
-
-    dnl first we check the system location for boost libraries
-    dnl this location ist chosen if boost libraries are installed with the --layout=system option
-    dnl or if you install boost with RPM
-    if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
-        BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include"
-        for ac_boost_path_tmp in $libsubdirs; do
-                if test -d "$ac_boost_path"/"$ac_boost_path_tmp" ; then
-                        BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path/$ac_boost_path_tmp"
-                        break
-                fi
-        done
-    elif test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
-        for ac_boost_path_tmp in /usr /usr/local /opt /opt/local ; do
-            if test -d "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost" && test -r "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost"; then
-                for libsubdir in $libsubdirs ; do
-                    if ls "$ac_boost_path_tmp/$libsubdir/libboost_"* >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then break; fi
-                done
-                BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path_tmp/$libsubdir"
-                BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path_tmp/include"
-                break;
-            fi
-        done
-    fi
-
-    dnl overwrite ld flags if we have required special directory with
-    dnl --with-boost-libdir parameter
-    if test "$ac_boost_lib_path" != ""; then
-       BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_lib_path"
-    fi
-
-    CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
-    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-    export CPPFLAGS
-
-    LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
-    export LDFLAGS
-
-    AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])
-    AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-        AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-    @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-    ]], [[
-    #if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
-    // Everything is okay
-    #else
-    #  error Boost version is too old
-    #endif
-    ]])],[
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    succeeded=yes
-    found_system=yes
-        ],[
-        ])
-    AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-
-
-
-    dnl if we found no boost with system layout we search for boost libraries
-    dnl built and installed without the --layout=system option or for a staged(not installed) version
-    if test "x$succeeded" != "xyes"; then
-        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
-        BOOST_CPPFLAGS=
-        BOOST_LDFLAGS=
-        _version=0
-        if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
-            if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
-                for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
-                    _version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
-                    V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
-                    if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
-                        _version=$_version_tmp
-                    fi
-                    VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
-                    BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
-                done
-                dnl if nothing found search for layout used in Windows distributions
-                if test -z "$BOOST_CPPFLAGS"; then
-                    if test -d "$ac_boost_path/boost" && test -r "$ac_boost_path/boost"; then
-                        BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path"
-                    fi
-                fi
-            fi
-        else
-            if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
-                for ac_boost_path in /usr /usr/local /opt /opt/local ; do
-                    if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
-                        for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
-                            _version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
-                            V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
-                            if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
-                                _version=$_version_tmp
-                                best_path=$ac_boost_path
-                            fi
-                        done
-                    fi
-                done
-
-                VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
-                BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$best_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
-                if test "$ac_boost_lib_path" = ""; then
-                    for libsubdir in $libsubdirs ; do
-                        if ls "$best_path/$libsubdir/libboost_"* >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then break; fi
-                    done
-                    BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$best_path/$libsubdir"
-                fi
-            fi
-
-            if test "x$BOOST_ROOT" != "x"; then
-                for libsubdir in $libsubdirs ; do
-                    if ls "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/$libsubdir/libboost_"* >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then break; fi
-                done
-                if test -d "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -d "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/$libsubdir" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/$libsubdir"; then
-                    version_dir=`expr //$BOOST_ROOT : '.*/\(.*\)'`
-                    stage_version=`echo $version_dir | sed 's/boost_//' | sed 's/_/./g'`
-                        stage_version_shorten=`expr $stage_version : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
-                    V_CHECK=`expr $stage_version_shorten \>\= $_version`
-                    if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" -a "$ac_boost_lib_path" = "" ; then
-                        AC_MSG_NOTICE(We will use a staged boost library from $BOOST_ROOT)
-                        BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$BOOST_ROOT"
-                        BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$BOOST_ROOT/stage/$libsubdir"
-                    fi
-                fi
-            fi
-        fi
-
-        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-        export CPPFLAGS
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
-        export LDFLAGS
-
-        AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-            AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-        @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-        ]], [[
-        #if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
-        // Everything is okay
-        #else
-        #  error Boost version is too old
-        #endif
-        ]])],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-        succeeded=yes
-        found_system=yes
-            ],[
-            ])
-        AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-    fi
-
-    if test "$succeeded" != "yes" ; then
-        if test "$_version" = "0" ; then
-            AC_MSG_NOTICE([[We could not detect the boost libraries (version $boost_lib_version_req_shorten or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify \$BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option.  If you are sure you have boost installed, then check your version number looking in <boost/version.hpp>. See http://randspringer.de/boost for more documentation.]])
-        else
-            AC_MSG_NOTICE([Your boost libraries seems to old (version $_version).])
-        fi
-        # execute ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND (if present):
-        ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
-    else
-        AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
-        AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
-        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST,,[define if the Boost library is available])
-        # execute ACTION-IF-FOUND (if present):
-        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-    fi
-
-    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
-fi
-
-])
diff --git a/m4/dolt.m4 b/m4/dolt.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe3bbecfa5e29da54d0cdf7276dddde82324923..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/m4/dolt.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-dnl dolt, a replacement for libtool
-dnl Copyright © 2007-2010 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
-dnl Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-dnl are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
-dnl notice and this notice are preserved.
-dnl
-dnl To use dolt, invoke the DOLT macro immediately after the libtool macros.
-dnl Optionally, copy this file into acinclude.m4, to avoid the need to have it
-dnl installed when running autoconf on your project.
-
-AC_DEFUN([DOLT], [
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
-# dolt, a replacement for libtool
-# Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
-AC_PATH_PROG(DOLT_BASH, bash)
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if dolt supports this host])
-dolt_supported=yes
-if test x$DOLT_BASH = x; then
-    dolt_supported=no
-fi
-if test x$GCC != xyes; then
-    dolt_supported=no
-fi
-case $host in
-*-*-linux* \
-|amd64-*-freebsd*|i?86-*-freebsd*|ia64-*-freebsd*)
-    pic_options='-fPIC'
-    ;;
-i?86-apple-darwin*)
-    pic_options='-fno-common'
-    ;;
-*mingw*)
-    pic_options=''
-    ;;
-*)
-    dolt_supported=no
-    ;;
-esac
-if test x$dolt_supported = xno ; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([no, falling back to libtool])
-    LTCOMPILE='$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(COMPILE)'
-    LTCXXCOMPILE='$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CXX $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=compile $(CXXCOMPILE)'
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes, replacing libtool])
-
-dnl Start writing out doltcompile.
-    cat <<__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__ >doltcompile
-#!$DOLT_BASH
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-args=("$[]@")
-for ((arg=0; arg<${#args@<:@@@:>@}; arg++)) ; do
-    if test x"${args@<:@$arg@:>@}" = x-o ; then
-        objarg=$((arg+1))
-        break
-    fi
-done
-if test x$objarg = x ; then
-    echo 'Error: no -o on compiler command line' 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-lo="${args@<:@$objarg@:>@}"
-obj="${lo%.lo}"
-if test x"$lo" = x"$obj" ; then
-    echo "Error: libtool object file name \"$lo\" does not end in .lo" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-objbase="${obj##*/}"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-dnl Write out shared compilation code.
-    if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-libobjdir="${obj%$objbase}.libs"
-if test ! -d "$libobjdir" ; then
-    mkdir_out="$(mkdir "$libobjdir" 2>&1)"
-    mkdir_ret=$?
-    if test "$mkdir_ret" -ne 0 && test ! -d "$libobjdir" ; then
-	echo "$mkdir_out" 1>&2
-        exit $mkdir_ret
-    fi
-fi
-pic_object="$libobjdir/$objbase.o"
-args@<:@$objarg@:>@="$pic_object"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    cat <<__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__ >>doltcompile
-"\${args@<:@@@:>@}" $pic_options -DPIC || exit \$?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-dnl Write out static compilation code.
-dnl Avoid duplicate compiler output if also building shared objects.
-    if test x$enable_static = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-non_pic_object="$obj.o"
-args@<:@$objarg@:>@="$non_pic_object"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-            cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-"${args@<:@@@:>@}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit $?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        else
-            cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-"${args@<:@@@:>@}" || exit $?
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-        fi
-    fi
-
-dnl Write out the code to write the .lo file.
-dnl The second line of the .lo file must match "^# Generated by .*libtool"
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-{
-echo "# $lo - a libtool object file"
-echo "# Generated by doltcompile, not libtool"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-    if test x$enable_shared = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo "pic_object='.libs/${objbase}.o'"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    else
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo pic_object=none
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-    if test x$enable_static = xyes; then
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo "non_pic_object='${objbase}.o'"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    else
-        cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-echo non_pic_object=none
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-    fi
-
-    cat <<'__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__' >>doltcompile
-} > "$lo"
-__DOLTCOMPILE__EOF__
-
-dnl Done writing out doltcompile; substitute it for libtool compilation.
-    chmod +x doltcompile
-    LTCOMPILE='$(top_builddir)/doltcompile $(COMPILE)'
-    LTCXXCOMPILE='$(top_builddir)/doltcompile $(CXXCOMPILE)'
-
-dnl automake ignores LTCOMPILE and LTCXXCOMPILE when it has separate CFLAGS for
-dnl a target, so write out a libtool wrapper to handle that case.
-dnl Note that doltlibtool does not handle inferred tags or option arguments
-dnl without '=', because automake does not use them.
-    cat <<__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__ > doltlibtool
-#!$DOLT_BASH
-__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__
-    cat <<'__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__' >>doltlibtool
-top_builddir_slash="${0%%doltlibtool}"
-: ${top_builddir_slash:=./}
-args=()
-modeok=false
-tagok=false
-for arg in "$[]@"; do
-    case "$arg" in
-        --mode=compile) modeok=true ;;
-        --tag=CC|--tag=CXX) tagok=true ;;
-        --silent|--quiet) ;;
-        *) args@<:@${#args[@]}@:>@="$arg" ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if $modeok && $tagok ; then
-    . ${top_builddir_slash}doltcompile "${args@<:@@@:>@}"
-else
-    exec ${top_builddir_slash}libtool "$[]@"
-fi
-__DOLTLIBTOOL__EOF__
-
-dnl Done writing out doltlibtool; substitute it for libtool.
-    chmod +x doltlibtool
-    LIBTOOL='$(top_builddir)/doltlibtool'
-fi
-AC_SUBST(LTCOMPILE)
-AC_SUBST(LTCXXCOMPILE)
-# end dolt
-])